8 Watt Desktop PC that Fits in the Hand

[@codyrap95]

Guys this is 2008!!! This was a revolution back then.

[@mgrogian]

Man I remember seeing this video for the first time a long time ago and thinking that it was so awesome that they fit a computer in that tiny cube. Now we're not too far from phones that are as thin as credit cards XD

[@tomoMik_]

Forgot thin phones, now we got foldable phones 😭

[@Slay1337pl]

Full desktop Windows on a low power tablet. Welcome to 2015 technology!

[@brapppstar2314]

+Slay what tablet?

[@Slay1337pl]

BRAPPP STAR Well, anything with windows. Surface being the most recognizable example.

[@brapppstar2314]

thanks

[@Slay1337pl]

BRAPPP STAR Also from what I know you can get pretty decent ones from some chineese companies. 100$ portable Windows PC? Yes, please! (performance may vary)

[@brapppstar2314]

really? 100$ i need link for them lol

[@EpicLPer]

These days we laugh about that piece of hardware but back in the days it was amazing.

[@WunderWaffles_]

EpicLPer Back in the day this was a freaking breakthrough. When Intel's NUCs came out, the majority of the responses were like...meh.

[@WunderWaffles_]

Crazee Gang He said phones first of all, and secondly 8k hasn't even been made public yet so I'm not sure what time machine you're using man.

[@WunderWaffles_]

Crazee Gang Nope, sorry dude...

[@flemwad]

Jon Doe Gotta agree with you regarding tablets - I have never seen the point in getting one when my phone does everything

[@Luke29121999]

flemwad some people just like having an 6,44 inch phone And a 13 inch surface pro 3 like me

[@kieferonline]

Wow, what an great piece of hardware from 2008! It's an interesting precursor to the Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone. It's also a great demonstration of Puppy Linux, although choosing Compcat Flash over SD seems like an odd choice. Still, this is really cool. I love the connection to DC and solar. Great for computer work in developing nations.

[@AdamYarris]

Wow, a whole 10MB of personal storage! Thats better than 1TB hard drive, right? I mean M and B come before T and B so it must be more.

[@AdamYarris]

PwnDEdits .Send meh your Clips! Are you, are you, comming to the tree...

[@AdamYarris]

***** I was kidding, but heres some trivia (Don't look this up) Whats a *yottabyte?*

[@AdamYarris]

patheticmada mmmmm.... not quite. *One* yottabyte is only enough to give 7,000,000,000 people approximately 130 Terabytes each.

[@SlickSkiMask]

Adam Yarris He said 830MB for personal storage. ;)

[@AdamYarris]

Antonio D oh, I didn't hear that xD I dont know where I got 10MB

[@ciriusn]

compact, silent and discrete, I love the idea, not for a Gamer, but for internet cafes, and public lobby desks, it's a very simple solution that takes no space at all.

[@LukeyWolf]

over 10 years later, 10 watt high end pc hehe, this is cool though.

[@sigfried.8192]

well, smartphones today are very powerfull in hardware, thats count? xd

[@androidandpctechtips7525]

The irony

[@creadordelarge7925]

that voice, that image, that sound, that pc... you are an Angel?

[@V1VISECT6]

Can it run Crysis?

[@eintamm2626]

Yes (Nr1)

[@tinyNinja3]

+Connor Murphy This joke is old, overused, and not funny.

[@V1VISECT6]

+Zcolby Your opinion.

[@V1VISECT6]

***** My rig can.

[@V1VISECT6]

***** Never knew that (sarcasm) I was alive in 2007. Hence why I asked "Can it run Crysis."

[@achilles9961]

Why do I always watch this every now and then?

[@theeverythingplace672]

Achilles something is wrong with you

[@achilles9961]

Emmet S Probably. But I know there is something about this video that makes me want to watch it again. Nostalgia maybe? or the sound of the guy's voice? 😂 idk,But it's something that I do not know.

[@rorywrenn2577]

i do the same!

[@MrMemo081]

coz of moby porcelain in the background

[@boyoroyo]

Dude, same.

[@SpoodleProductions]

I've always thought minicomputers were pretty cool, and the E2 seems very handy in many cases, but I was kinda hoping for some specs on the actual processing and internals of the device as well. Well, time to google...

[@woottanggang]

I don't get it... why wouldn't you just get a laptop? And maybe normal desktops in 1990 used an avg of 200wats but with today's CUP CL states and 90gold PSUs even my computer with 2 GTX 780s draws less than 20wats at idle.

[@FeralSparky]

Yeah, 20wats at idle is much higher then 8wats under full load.

[@woottanggang]

***** Even still that's when little those with atom cpu computers were kind of a thing and they took just as much power with better specs. And then people woke up.

[@FeralSparky]

D Smith True enough. The main pc I use is a Gen 1 Acer aspire one Netbook aoa150 being used as an HTPC hooked up to my HD TV for movies and music. And it uses something like 30 watts of power.

[@woottanggang]

Thomas Gregoire Another thing people have to understand less power usage = less computing power. Every year chips get smaller and faster and use less power. Every watt of power to a computer today goes 5 times further then 5 years ago (with current gen hardware) If someone were to say today my new computer uses 10 times less power then your new computer, the "power saving" computer would be a slow piece of shit. unless you got chips from the future you are doing nothing but sacrificing speed for power usage. The size of the PC alone should say it all 5 years ago chips were 5 times larger then they are today.

[@neowales265]

I highly doubt your computer uses 20 watts at idle. Just one GTX 780 uses 30watts at idle just for the card. Even with a modern Haswell CPU and half decent motherboard, with two GTX780 installed your looking at a min 100watts. Just a plain Haswell system with no graphics card runs min of 35watts at idle. Graphics cards use loads when idle, although some AMD cards can switch themselves off when monitor goes to sleep. I think an 8 watt PC is impressive.

[@DERBUERO]

1 GIGABYTE OF STORAGE!?!?! There is No way i will ever get this full!

[@aki3862]

Damn that's a lotta storage

[@TechnoAlex]

This is amazing and was way ahead of it's time. Crazy to think that you can get an Intel Compute Stick or something similar now.

[@boyoroyo]

Watching this on a Google stick...

[@DarkShadow7920]

(2016) Welcome to Pc on a stick

[@ArmedTechs]

+DarkShadow Yes, your are quite right but limited you will get Atom processor and 1-2 ram. But in power wise Gigabyte made same thing like in the video but has Intel Core i3-i7 with 16-32 GB Ram and much more.

[@jblevins1991]

But can it play crysis?

[@DarkShadow7920]

well dah of course it can just use nvidia game streaming.

[@jblevins1991]

I guess that phrase kind of lost all meaning now that we can stream games lol.

[@Ayovasca]

+DarkShadow nop never gonna use online streaming it is just to weird better i stay with my monster :)

[@SoftYoda]

now is raspberry-PI

[@jpatterson181]

Good video but could use a follow up with more detail. Thanks I wonder who sells the E2?

[@rohithattano4414]

can i play witcher 3 at ultra settings at 1080p....???

[@darcell3538]

with over 135 fps at ultra, 5k

[@rohithattano4414]

+MilchReiZz ha ha....lol

[@emmicd11]

I want to see a $50 computer that can run windows xp!

[@user-pi5xz5je4y]

Pentium 4.

[@hamzahbatha1552]

2020: Raspberry Pi 4 $30

[@kedwa30]

Look up "Fit PC" or "Intense PC" also "Mint Box 2" A great idea doesn't go away... it just keeps getting better.

[@tatianafomina4741]

Wait....**reads description**

[@p71_caleb]

lol the "new MacBook" announced today has an Intel Core M that runs at 5watts

[@evilplaguedoctor5158]

scandalous_lime The processor runs at 5w, not the computer.

[@p71_caleb]

uhhh...that's exactly what I said.

[@evilplaguedoctor5158]

scandalous_lime perhaps, but you made it sound like the mac book takes less power then this computer. so I was just clarifying.

[@deanintheg]

EvilPlagueDoctor No he was perfectly clear.

[@stumbling]

scandalous_lime and this entire system uses 8 W...

[@Baelzhibub]

Now that's a PC that might make a world of change in places where power is at a minimum. Nice innovation, just one question. What's its base price?

[@andrewanderson7488]

can it run battlefield hardline?

[@neonalbino5832]

Yes it can.It can run any games at 144 FPS 4K resolution.

[@frankyvee1]

Yeah this is very outdated for today.

[@MaghrebProductions]

hhhhhhhhhhh yeah !! There are many of them today, Lattepadan, raspberry pi ....

[@jjbinx]

No shit sherlock

[@KowboyUSA]

The keyboard idea is pretty cool. Since I've never seen one being used by anyone, anywhere, ever, I imagine they didn't work very well.

[@godofgaming7]

dose it come with a GTX780 ti ore a titan z ? lol

[@McXZealot]

both in slrossfire

[@MSTER232]

McXZealot It also comes with an i7 overclocked to 5Ghz

[@xnecroxnecro2526]

800 mb for porn is not sutable :D

[@clack1]

It's great to see the mini low powered PC market is far from dead nearly 8 years later.

[@ochgottnochma]

technical details or GTFO

[@zsoleszgamer6271]

my pc consumes 1000w t.t

[@Hendlton]

***** I wouldn't consider that lucky but...ok....

[@xaytana]

***** You obviously don't game or do any form of rendering. Take your itx apu powered system and get out.

[@xaytana]

Wow, you're cool, talking about people's mums on the internet, and talking about your nonexistent setup. Go away, troll.

[@zsoleszgamer6271]

haha are u jealous? get off

[@deanintheg]

***** rack mount is the only way to go

[@drglnc69]

People... Stop commenting like this is a new product or something... This product and Video were from 2008 and discontinued in 2009... Your smartphone can do more then this thing by now. At the time it was released it was a valid item... 5 YEARS AGO...

[@hananas2]

welcome to 2016, where we have computers that use less than 8 watts and only cost 5 dollars (raspberry pi zero)

[@hm220]

A raspberry pi is better than this.

[@PatrickBaptist]

That's why this didn't make it past June 2009

[@criticallyj]

I remember this from years ago. I wonder how it compares to the new raspberry pi 2?

[@sigfried.8192]

and what now with raspberry pi 4? lol

[@Yeet-qu2he]

wth how strong procesor has 0,5 Ghz ? lol

[@Ampera_]

First off please speak English. That is gibberish that can be roughly translated into English. Now to answer your question. Several older ones. Also that would be about 500Mhz so most computers from 1998-2000 has processors running at about that speed.

[@bichfukr]

RapidRageTV Ampera it uses a intel atom clocked at 1ghz or less for sure

[@macgeek2004]

A top of the line PC! ...from 1994. XD

[@Yeet-qu2he]

yeah :P

[@FatheredPuma81]

macgeek2004 1997... at least. As RAG said most computers were about 500 MHz - 1 GHz (Pentium 3) so if it were 1 GHz it was top of the line in 1997/8/9 and if it was 1994 it would be a super computer.

[@Finnadip]

or you buy a laptop that looks nicer

[@owez7113]

Btw, this was made in 2008 when laptops where a lot bigger and the raspberry pi was not out then

[@ejpmonline]

Reproduce this with an upgraded usb 3.0, hdmi, and a higher chipset the mounting tech is so useful. Kickstarter?

[@MajidMajeed55]

get a life buy laptop ..............

[@DemFBIDewd]

Buy a Mac Mini lel

[@minescore]

Raspberry Pi is much more better than this.

[@kittylovermybut]

***** Your the one smoking glue. Judging a computer by megahertz is invalid. Architechure has everything to do how fast it is. The Pi is very quick and new models are rated at 900 Mhz. which is extremeley quick and energy effiecent for its size. Think before you speak.

[@minescore]

it's better coze it's cheap.

[@kittylovermybut]

The pi is extremely cheap, idk what your talking about. And even if your P4 blew it away, how much energy does the P4 use in comparison to the PI? Or for that matter how much did you pay for it originally? How much larger is it than the PI? Look at all the disatvantages the P4 has, its too old too hold its own against the PI. Besides, where looking at the PI from an economic standpoint, not a preformance one. If people needed preformance in a small package, an Intel NUC would destroy the P4, and its 10x smaller. Don't you understand why this exists?

[@minescore]

Ok.

[@Ashnno]

Look at the upload date.

[@LevisLabOfficial]

Oh, and you can access the bios on the Surface too. You can even install linux.

[@betablockrr]

It's amazing how far technology has come.

[@ReTweetrix]

That is what I was wondering. They don't make the E2 anymore. The D series goes for about $930.00. I like it but it is a bit pricey for what it can do.

[@manesland]

That is something i could find in my grandmothers vintage tray :)

[@DarkDennis1961]

10 years go this would have solved all my computing problems in the field

[@xXMaxXx1000]

I really like the idea. Being the avid gamer/computer builder that I am, I find this to be a really good invention with plenty of practical uses. Though it does have major drawbacks, such as the hard drive space. You can't do anything anymore these days with less than a gigabyte. It just simply wont work. And 8 watts wouldn't be enough to power a modern anything so that brings the question what kind of processor and graphics chip it's using. Awesome invention, needs refining.

[@charliebrownau]

Hi. Looks like a great little PC. Looks fine for a student first PC for office/surfing/email, media watching , would work well as a thin client or RDP pc. What is the new replacement model. It would be awesome to run in an caravan via solar

[@MrAntiKnowledge]

I bought it and it works like a charm. Windows boots in just 40minutes.

[@muffinz4724]

this is incredible for 2008!!

[@dakotagau]

Imagine a 1 Terabyte card with the os on it, it would be amazingly good running, how would you get more random access memory?

[@pojcharapoltosukowong]

Small size. But Big Performance! I want this so much!

[@VaupellGaming]

I think it's so cool that you are allowed to use "Moby's - Porcelain" as background music without getting copyright strikes.. :D

[@Plasticman011]

they have different purposes than a laptop. not widely used for home computing. these kind of diveces, like thin clients, are used as terminals in companies or public offices because the are cheaper, save more power and can be set up to be less open to modification for the user for security purposes.

[@JohnnyX50]

We had original ideas like this in the 80's and 90's, it was called the personal computer such as the Amiga, Sinclair, Amstrad, MSX, Commodore, Atari ST etc.. all were small and portable and only needed todays tech inside them to be just as powerful as a modern PC/MAC. They all carried an OS on ROM, so we haven't moved forward, we're moving backwards. =] NB in 1992, the Amiga 1200 was the first home computer to have 32Bit colour (16.8 million colour pallet). owned.

[@piandcompany]

Friendly reminder that this was produced in early 2008 and was an interesting idea at the time in a very early market for mini-computers. Technology evolves.

[@Lousidity]

Oh man, all I can think is how if you had one of those little guys now, and with something similar to the 1tb drive I have that's roughly that same size but a lot thinner, you could sync it to like something sorta like glasses with an overlay for the monitor, you could have a little arm-wristlet with the keyboard in it (more like a gauntlet than a wristlet) and in the part over the wrist, there could be a laser reader that lets you use the back of your non-dominant hand as a mouse.

[@YeetxBoi]

+Mikalhvi damn lol that sounds like the future, and this thing was discontinued in 2009 lol. maybe you and i could get together and do this, such a great idea, i had thought of the portability but thats such a great idea!

[@Lousidity]

+David Gonzalez you'd probably have better luck going solo. I don't have a degree or training in anything worthwhile enough to really help - all I could truly do is research, design mockups, and random ideas.

[@YeetxBoi]

Mikalhvi bro i dont have any degrees either, i just built my own gaming pc tho and i'm really good with tech, i might be able help you a little lol, thats the great thing about today's world, all it takes to do something is enough research. i'm planning on modding my xbox into my pc case soon enough and liquid cooling both as well, maybe after that we could try to do this, we could communicate through email or text or something if you really wanna try this tho.

[@Lousidity]

+David Gonzalez sure. I'll direct message you an email address or something.

[@YeetxBoi]

Mikalhvi da8055ofdub@gmail if your interested, not really sure we could make much money off of this idea but im sure it would still be cool to do and it prob wont cost much(i'll pay for whats needed if anything will need to be payed for). I'll get some research on other low wattage boards and chips or something of the like that can run something like win 8 or 10 even, i'm thinking nano-itx or mini-itx but i'd have to be careful with the wattage since we're talking on-person use. amazing how this ancient piece of tech has sparked such an idea lol

[@cradleoflinkinpark]

I would create a extra panel in the back so the screws wouldn't damage components in the monitor. Or use some quick epoxy to stick it. Also this video was made in 2008, I bet this device would be a faction of size current date!

[@adamstewart7856]

I remember watching this years back, wonder why it's recommending it to me now lol

[@lesliesteban6675]

Why didn't you show actual operation of the PC?Curious?!!

[@morlanius]

Neat,, how about an option with those RS232 ports populated?

[@tubeDude48]

Where did you get the solar panel from? Also how did you convert from 12v to 5v? --- Will you add a link to where you got the computer from?

[@prussian7]

I can't wait to see what they come up with in 2020 ( about 10 months from now.

[@olegshteker]

If stopped publishing such a model, I want to ask you. Who has such a model? I want to buy it.

[@Strewgle]

@100racer They're hating because they believe Mac's are over priced. They're not if you get the exact same stuff in PC it's fairly close and it will do a great job.

[@SussyBacca]

It's Porcelain by Moby, if you like his style you are likely to also enjoy Fluke, Orbital, Underworld, Goose, Phillip Glass.

[@agent_605]

You can theoretically get 2TB of flash memory on an SD XC card, so if we aquire that technology, this would be a good compact computer.

[@IlluminatedWhiteGuy]

Now they have dual core 1080P media player PCs the size of a thumb drive with quad core video processors and HDMI out and the best part is they are $49 bucks on eBay! Imagine what they charged for this relic? Any time you see a compact flash memory slot run because it's antique!

[@GTARotator]

Song is Moby-Porcelain

[@dabbrill4609]

Why does it have PS/2 and VGA? Wouldn't it be easier to have a DVI port and leave all the complexity to the monitor?

[@Vincent-jp9iv]

How about an Arduino uno running a custom made BASIC programming language? only needs a 9v battery and runs for DAYS with how I use it. (almost daily on school breaks)

[@letsfightinglove00]

Perhaps useful if you want to do scientific computing, but I wonder if this E2 thing can decode 1080p or somes close in graphics performance.

[@45rpm.]

A modern equivalent might be the Intel NUC machines. Some of them have an i5 processor.

[@jeffjoraj]

My laptop, including the screen, uses a max of ~12 watts. This is hilarious.

[@harrytsang1501]

I still believe the raspberry pi is better since I can power it with any USB port. The pi 2 also can run Ubuntu and windows 10(once it release) at an usable performance.

[@ChrisSlack]

Thanks, I think I'll get a Pi 2 and put Win 10 on it. I'm a Beta tester for Win 10

[@harrytsang1501]

Chris Slack hold on a minute, the version of windows 10 that runs on the pi2 was the Iot version which don't have the desktop environment but command code over the internet

[@harrytsang1501]

I realized this once it was out

[@harrytsang1501]

Chris Slack If you are looking for a full windows desktop environment in a tiny form factor but not A-I-O, seems like the Intel Compute Stick is the right thing for you

[@ChrisSlack]

Thanks for the info. I'll still get the Pi 2 and put Ubuntu on it. Thinking of opening an after school computer learning center and looking for low cost options.

[@igtampe]

There are flash drives with 32 gb, more than enough for a windows to go drive. Also, batteries and reduced space for computer components make a better computer in this space possible today.

[@RetroBerner]

That song haunts me from watching The Beach like a million times.

[@yourelegantwaifu]

@aluetia where to buy that aluetia e2. If can, please reply this messge with the link. Thx

[@Trancelistic]

great video, but why not tell us the system memory and type of cpu and freqency.

[@tiny-xl]

I come from the future, The all-knowing algorithm brought me here, 2022 is pretty rough. Please stay in 2008 and be productive, they world now has tons of these cube computers and not even 1% can do anything productive other than watching the anomaly known as `Netflix`.

[@ArnsCannon88]

you could run a few externial hard drives off of it

[@Sherry_Armstrong]

Just asking with this can you run a Cloud Service or Drop box .. so you can just stream with it , to save on storage ?

[@DominoSixO]

Hardware info ? I need some kind of that kind of mini PC that can run Windows for my project.

[@TheRuesebou]

Very sweet peace of gear.

[@loshan1212]

This video is 8 years old and runs a proper OS, with a 32GB Linux distro you would be running a desktop OS. This is unlike the Windows table that runs on RT and can't run all software. This also allows more storage, more RAM, more speed and a way, way better integrated GPU. Also it is fully modifiable, where you could change BIOS settings, overclock etc.

[@rayvansteenderen5372]

Song is Porcelain by Moby

[@SonariNeiracchen]

That music tho ^_^ Clubbed to death, am I wrong? I might be. I forget it's so old >~

[@JohnJaggerJack]

the laptop i'm using to see this video is from the same year and has 100x times more "thinking" power than the one being advertised, it comes with a battery a keyboard, a screen (lcd) and a touch pad, oh and also its very mobile. now, for the one million dollar question why would i trade my laptop for your aleutia?

[@evolutionhd5913]

Dont forget, its also portable.

[@V9TEK1]

***** Hello. To add to the discution here are some reasons why the little PC is worse than a laptop. Reasons: 1 You need to carry a monitor, keyboard and a mouse with you. 2 You need to carry a VGA and an AC to DC convertor. 3 If you want it to work on a battery you will have to make a custom cable and carry around a battery wich defeats the point in this being portable 4 It has up to 750x smaller storage and everything else is really bad (the GPU, CPU, RAM 5 It has only 8 W of power wich means it will not be able to power up at least one USB port fully wich limites the expandability of this qite a lot A plus for it is that because of the power consumption it may be able to run up to 7 or 8 hours on a modern Li-ion battery. You said: ,, Also the factor of a battery being able to directly connect to it without any inverter, saving you a bit of cash.'' A laptop is powered much in the same way as this little PC. They both have an AC to DC convertor (inverter), and the battery is pluged in directly since it outputs DC and the laptop accepts DC. You also said: ,,this uses only 8w'' keep in mind that a monitor needs power too. A monitor if not eco takes 20 to 25 W, a (good) eco monitor takes 10 to 15W. I am comparing this to my laptop from 2005 (I'm using it to write this message) Please excuse any spelling mistakes, I'm from the Czech Republic. P.S. This is not an angry comment.

[@JeffDeWitt]

OK, I get this is a few years old and a Raspberry Pi blows it away but you'd think they could have at least told us some specs. The guy say's they've shown us what it can do but the only thing we actually saw it do was show a Google screen.

[@keanupro7578]

The future of Modern Mini PCs.....

[@djcb4190]

What, are memory drives going to be in stores by now?/

[@sigfried.8192]

4:32 so... that means.... the first "smart tv" in the world? i know its years ago but man, the idea was very good

[@rahyan.]

I'd say it's kind of a smart tv box, but it's not really one; it remains the same thing if you just plugged your computer on your TV

[@markusTegelane]

more like an all-in-one, as he said in the video (apart from touch support ofcourse)

[@bBrain]

When he did the power test, just FYI, that 8watts did not include the juice the monitor was using.

[@MegaAtHome]

that is sort of self explaining to me

[@gavincurtis]

Great industrial or embedded programming computer vs a XP box.

[@erkubee]

The music is nostalgic.

[@kylemarks9272]

This is all well and fine, but can it run Minesweeper?

[@aoisdgnh]

This video was made in 2008. At the time this was a pretty cool idea.

[@JaseWolf]

I can't even remember there being netbooks in 2008, or at least, they were still basically laptops, just really really slow laptops. Now, something like this, unless it's powerful, there's not much room for it in today's age of tech, but in 2008 where laptops were still not massively Eco friendly and were still bulky, and netbooks which weren't powerful yet they were still bulky enough to be a small laptop, there was room for this, and there still is for those that rely on Linux and cant afford

[@jamesbenedict9109]

Would love to know where to get this product for in trucking using 12 volt application's

[@LG-Devil]

Funny how the Intel NUC looks very similar to the Aleutia.