Sheeva Plug 2.0 (Guru Plug) and Plug Computer 3.0 at CES 2010

Here is one of the cheapest NAS and home networked computer system available on the market. For less than $100 you get a Marvell powered plug computer which functions not only as a NAS, it can host a bunch of applications and runs on open source embedded Linux software.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• arm
• pogoplug
• sheevaplug
• guruplug
• plugcomputer
• marvell
• armada

[SlicedBeefNWotNot]

I absoloutely love the ARM devices and can't wait for them to properly penetrate the market. The examples were disappointly slow though, I was hoping for much better. OpenOffice seemed to take about twice as long as it does on a standard p4, google news seemed to take abut 5 seconds instead of 2. I guess that's what you get from the streamlined insruction set from ARM. Ah well. Hopefully they can go even faster one day

[Charbax]

@SlicedBeefNWotNot I think they told me that the slow Open Office opening is a software optimization issue. This is kind of a first handmade prototype with screen output (plug computer 3.0 prototype) that they were showing.

[thighdude7]

This will usher in a sea change! Watch out Intel and Microsoft!

[pcfxer]

@macnet83 It was a joke...lol, smile, funny, tee-hee? Bueler? Geez, tough crowd.

[Evi1M4chine]

Openoffice 1st startup time: 10:11-10:53 = 42 seconds. But hey, its not much faster here too, since OOo is bloated bloat on a boat of bloat. ^^

[Evi1M4chine]

Smartbooks and plug computers will soon be everywhere. They become very close to throwaway computers. :)

[macnet83]

@pcfxer whatever..

[pcfxer]

@macnet83 lol, "marveled" you mean "marvelled" ohhh bad joke.

[pcfxer]

Make it run FreeBSD and you've got yourself a client with clustered and "dummy" terminals. IIRC I will replace 200 Windows workstations not including the cluster that I'd use to manage the domain and backup systems.

[macnet83]

I own a Linksys NSLU2 and I'm marveled with its abilities. I run several services on it but due to its limited hardware (200Mhz CPU and 32 Mb of RAM) I need a better machine. thanks to this kind of products the demand for USB 2 VGA ports will increase and eventually the prices will drop.

[macnet83]

the key components of these products are the low-power CPU, the USB ports and the operating system. you can easily connect a wireless card and if there are available drivers for it , compile them for the sheevaplug and install. On the sheevaplug with no Wi-Fi support you can easily connect a wireless card and add that feature to it. with Linux the options are almost endless. thanks to the hard work of the open source community. these products wouldnt make sense to exist if they ran Windows