- Joined
- May 23, 2001
- Location
- Asteroid B-612
I have a new toy! I poke around eBay alot looking for good deals and pounced on yet another item I've been wanting for a long time. A Saintsong\Upont Cappuccino TX3 socket 370 mini book PC. This one came loaded with a 1.2ghz Pentium III and a 10gb notebook hard drive. I swapped in a 256mb stick of PC100 and a DVD-ROM, both of which I hawked from my laptop that died recently.
Size, as compared to Ren & Stimpy CD
"Oooohhhh Free toy inside! Free toy inside!"
And even better, it matches ALL of my current portable components.
I was hoping to switch out the blue power led for a red one, but they're miniature surface mount LEDs and I don't have sturdy enough hands to solder something that tiny. The included speaker is very weak, but clear. Is really only good for system sounds or playing music when you're trying to go to sleep. The whole unit weighs only 6 pounds and measures about the same as a small square tissue box. It's also much quieter than I expected, mostly due to it's improved cooling setup which is more effective than it's predecessor. Once I have the time I'll finish making a matching miniature LCD monitor and carrying case for it and it's peripheral set.
Joy...
Size, as compared to Ren & Stimpy CD
"Oooohhhh Free toy inside! Free toy inside!"
And even better, it matches ALL of my current portable components.
I was hoping to switch out the blue power led for a red one, but they're miniature surface mount LEDs and I don't have sturdy enough hands to solder something that tiny. The included speaker is very weak, but clear. Is really only good for system sounds or playing music when you're trying to go to sleep. The whole unit weighs only 6 pounds and measures about the same as a small square tissue box. It's also much quieter than I expected, mostly due to it's improved cooling setup which is more effective than it's predecessor. Once I have the time I'll finish making a matching miniature LCD monitor and carrying case for it and it's peripheral set.
Joy...
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