Hackaday: Running A Desktop PC Off AA Alkaline Cells. “Everyone is probably familiar with the concept of battery-powered devices, but generally, this involves a laptop with a beefy battery pack and hardware optimized for low power draw. You could also do the complete opposite and try to run a desktop PC off alkaline AA cells, as [ScuffedBits] recently did out of morbid curiosity. Exactly how […]

MakeUseOf: I installed these 6 lightweight Linux tools on a cheap mini PC and turned it into a silent home server. “I grabbed an HP Office Mini PC with a modest Core i7, 8GB of RAM, and an SSD. I installed Linux Mint on it — several lightweight distros would have worked — and set it up with some of my favorite tools. These tools turned my computer into a server for backups, file syncing, […]

Hackaday: Jam Like It’s The 1980s With A Mini-IBM PC. ” In spite of the serious, boring nature of the PC/AT and its descendants, those early IBMs have a certain style that Compaq and the Clones never quite matched. Somehow, we live in a world where there are people nostalgic for Big Blue. That’s why [AnneBarela] built a miniature IBM PC using an Adafruit Fruit Jam board.” As long as it’s […]

Techspot: Dell admits customers are not buying PCs just because they “have AI”. “Nearly every major tech company is now trying to oversell this inflated ‘AI-powered’ narrative, and the PC market is no exception. Dell, who happens to be shipping a lot of PCs to every corner of the world, is apparently taking a more skeptical stance moving forward, arguing that the push is misguided because […]

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Tom’s Hardware: AI PC revolution appears dead on arrival — ‘supercycle’ for AI PCs and smartphones is a bust, analyst says. “According to a prominent analyst, Micron’s miss on Q3 earnings and guidance for the second quarter of next year might signal that the AI PC and smartphone supercycle isn’t happening. Most of the company’s woes stem from a weaker market than expected for memory […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/22/toms-hardware-ai-pc-revolution-appears-dead-on-arrival-supercycle-for-ai-pcs-and-smartphones-is-a-bust-analyst-says/

Boing Boing: Raspberry Pi 500 is a computer in a keyboard. “Already hinted at in configuration files, the Raspberry Pi 500 is now available. The 1980s-style all-in-one, stashing the computer inside the keyboard, is the successor to the Pi 400 and includes all the current gen-model’s upgrades. Also now offered is a matching 15.6″ portable monitor.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/11/boing-boing-raspberry-pi-500-is-a-computer-in-a-keyboard/