[SC.LUG] Small quiet games box

[Neil Lucock]

On Friday 10 Jun 2005 10:11, John Southern wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am just starting to look around for a new computer for one of my
> children. Like everyone else, space is at a premium. As it is next to his
> bed, I would prefer something a little quiet, if not silent, as he is bound
> to forget to switch it off every night.
> The downside is, he wants to play games such as tuxRacer.
> The only other uses will be web access via the house LAN, a small amount of
> word processing and Perl.
> I would like it to be about to play MP3s and connect USB devices to it, but
> these are not vital.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations of what I should be considering or
> even what to avoid.
>
> The current setup is a midi tower and 15" monitor, but that really is far,
> far too big to fit on his desk and I want to avoid using floor space for
> the box as "OO" trains and Scalextric track are more important (Although
> today it seems to be Lego and dragons).

You could buy a Mac mini, use Yellow Dog Linux if you don't like OS X

Neil