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WinGate · #1 (**permalink**) 08-20-2007, 09:33 PM

PC form factors are shrinking day by day and I believe I've found what appears to be the smallest Core 2 Duo PC you will ever find. I first saw it over at engadget and boy am I impressed. Called the Stealth LPC-450, this little tyke comes in a unbelievably small package of 14.6 x 25.2 x 4.2 cm. Check out the picture below to see just how small the PC is in relation to your hand. You'd think that a PC of this size would come with kind of crappy specs but from what I've seen on Stealth website, this isn't exactly the case. You can rule out a dedicated graphics card though as there is no way you'd be able to fit even a GeForce 5500 card into it so its graphics are running on Intel's GMA950.

It also comes with Gigabit Ethernet, and a host of ports including audio in / out, VGA out, a trio of USB 2.0 ports, RS232, FireWire, and even a parallel printer port. The case is said to be made of "rugged extruded aluminum," and if you're worried of noise, the only fan noise should come from the one keeping the CPU from getting too hot.

What do you say? Would you like to have one?

*Spartan Erik* · 11:18 PM

Looks nice but.. nah. Portability is cool, but I'd have to have a beautiful dedicated graphics card; by the way, is this really smaller than the Mac Mini?

Prison Gate · #3 (**permalink**) 08-22-2007, 08:30 AM

Eh I wouldn't want one.What I want is a Sony Viao or some small computer with a screen built in so I can manage a live stream when I am outside.

halohalo · #4 (**permalink**) 08-22-2007, 03:17 PM

There's a PC equivallent to the mac mini (same form-factor and shape). Check it out at: www.targacomputers.com

alexandgruntz · #5 (**permalink**) 08-31-2007, 04:41 PM

There are smaller. I've seen one that can fit into an area the size of a power socket.

*The_Magistrate* · #6 (**permalink**) 08-31-2007, 08:34 PM

There are much smaller. "Smallest computer you can find" is limited by how small you can get and still consider the thing a computer. I mean, kid's shoes that light up have embedded processors in them. Mind you, they're not useful for much else except blinking lights, but technically, they're computers.

Even if you're talking about the equivalent of a desktop computer, like alexandgruntz said, you can find computers capable of running linux that fit inside a box of matches.