[Wear-Hard] AMD PICs being sold for $100

[Francois Gurin]

Saw this posted on http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6411920648.html

"Data Evolution, which recently acquired AMD's low-cost Personal Internet Communicator (PIC), is offering the device at the discounted price of $99 without an OS. The "DecTop" is based on an AMD Geode GX processor, includes a 10GB hard drive, and supports both Linux and Windows CE."

http://store.dataevolution.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DT%2D7001&Show=TechSpecs

# Size -- 8.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 inches 
would still need power, but $99 w/vga and lots of usb for i/o. 

looks like it uses a 3.5" drive, which means it should be easy to replace the 10gb hdd with someting smaller (laptop drive or flash) and stuff a battery or other gadgets in there, or perhaps strip it down and build a custom case for it

I don't think i'm in for one, but may be useful to someone

--francois