whats peoples reccomendations - i need to buy a scraper that sits local to me here and runs all day and night 365

i bought a shuttle miniatx case and got the assorted parts. its very quiet. The only problem I faced is if you plan on doing

linux

 , some of the built in ethe

rnet

  sockets on the shuttle motherboards dont get recognized and make

linux

  a royal pain in the ass.

hmm thanks for the warning - another plan bites the dust

let me clarify. You can install

Linux

 , you just need either the "right" shuttle case/mobo combo, or you can install a NIC that would have drivers in any

Linux

  install, like intel for example. That's what I resorted to. Eventually I will try to get the built in NIC to work, and yank the installed NIC.

If space is not at a premium, not sure theres a great deal of value in going for a shuttle. Kinda limits future options without many benefits.

Are you looking to do a self build or buy off the shelf?

DM

Buy a used laptop on ebay and install

linux

 .

DM is right. the shuttle option does limit, but it is small and quite, which was what I wanted. Also, upgrading old

mac

 hines seems to be getting more and more difficult with the constant changing of form factors and such, so I dont worry about it anymore.

huh?

My cases and power supplies that I have used for years still work for upgrades. Granted I buy modular power supplies though.

I suppose for some of my stuff that is true as well.

I came across one of these this morning;

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.

asp

 ?newsID=3829

http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm

Solid state disk, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB. WiFi

Low power consumption, effectively silent.

Says in the article they should sell in the US from $250.

The one I was working on had x

ubuntu

  installed with KDE3 running and was connecting to a corporate VPN using Kvpn (?) and a NextG (3G) card so the user could RDP into a Windows

mac

 hine. Screen res is a bit of a bitch but that shouldn't both you NB, don't even put a GUI on it for what you want.

Cheers,
td

Yeah TD, I've been preaching the gospel of the eeePC for months now.

The 16GB SSD version is like 400$ I think.

why buy when you can rent.
go find cheap vps for like $10 a month.
already has

linux

  on it

put on desktop ssh etc.
if u know how to use and set up certificates, if ur

net

  now shit like mine etc, you can access vps just as if it ur own puter.
you can even do piping over ssh

Sorry, late to the party - I have a bunch of Shuttle minis and they all

Linux

  up great and easy. For $300 + RAM I have dyno little

mac

 hines that do my bidding.

I have had more trouble with

Linux

 ing ex-Windows laptops. I have done it, and have a few that are that way (one sits beside me all day long) - but all things being equal, notebooks have a tendency to be slightly more proprietary than bigger clones IMO. When I do this sort of thing I go as generic as possible.