[PLUG] low power desktops

[Eric Wilhelm]

# from Keith Lofstrom
# on Monday 15 December 2008 19:10:

>http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Processor-Drive-Linux-Black/dp/B001HPNDJ2/
>ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1229391808&sr=1-2
>
>This looks pretty tasty.

I read that some of the atom processors do hardware virtualization.  
Anyone know if that is the case with the eee box?

>It is also nifty that these are claimed to boot in a few
>seconds, meaning that the machine can be quickly turned on and
>off between uses, saving even more power.   Perhaps this is only
>with the installed EZOS Linux distro (whatever that is).

Supposedly the xo laptop goes to sleep and wakes up between keypresses.  
I have to wonder how that works with the network.  But a few seconds to 
reach an X session from a cold boot?  Perhaps from suspend to disk if 
all of the bios slowness has been somehow eliminated?

--Eric
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