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Maximus:
Dug up these bits that should go well with the stick. 4000mah rechargable pack and a bluetooth keyboard mouse combo

ahofle:
Forget about a P3 or P4, I picked up a refurb Dell small form factor/pizza-box Core2Duo from newegg for $149 shipped a few weeks ago, including win7 home premium.  They are on there all the time.  More than enough power for even many modern games.  If "moving parts" are that much of an issue, get an SSD, although that seems like a waste of money.

TheShaner:

--- Quote from: ahofle on June 19, 2013, 12:28:09 am ---Forget about a P3 or P4, I picked up a refurb Dell small form factor/pizza-box Core2Duo from newegg for $149 shipped a few weeks ago, including win7 home premium.  They are on there all the time.  More than enough power for even many modern games.  If "moving parts" are that much of an issue, get an SSD, although that seems like a waste of money.

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I have a huge cab that plays pretty much every game, I don't need another.  I am trying to do something very specific here, and other than one vent fan, I am trying to avoid all moving parts.  I am assuming your Dell has fan or two in it.  It is also a lot bigger than I want.

I think it is funny how many people keep posting "Get a P4" or other full size PC's.  Is the title of the post unclear?

MaxiGriff - What OS is gonna run on that stick?  Are you going to try and do a mini build with it?

twistedsymphony:

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--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 16, 2013, 04:16:35 pm ---
Your two choices for video are composite, which lets face it, is awful, or HDMI, which pretty much ties you down to a widescreen display that is the incorrect aspect ratio.


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This is incorrect, I am running a 4:3 display with and HDMI to DVI adapter, you can also get HDMI to VGA adapters, they only cost about $5

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IMO a VGA adapter is just as useless as HDMI for a MAME cab... I'd love to run one of these PCs in a MAME cab but for me using a real arcade monitor is a must... for that you'd have to run something like Soft15... which a VGA adapter wouldn't exactly support.

otherwise you're looking at HDMI to a VGA adapter and then through something like an iPAC... which at the end of the day would blow out any cost savings you might have had... not to mention the potential for introducing lag.

Vigo:

--- Quote from: TheShaner on June 19, 2013, 02:50:12 pm ---MaxiGriff - What OS is gonna run on that stick?  Are you going to try and do a mini build with it?

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I'm also looking forward to see what you do with that little android stick.  :cheers:

I have been toying with the idea of making a little mini kiosk/coffee table thing for the wife by hooking something like that up to a touchscreen monitor. It would be a jukebox and a sort of multitouch game system. Thing is I have no clue if an on market touch screen would be compatible with an android hdmi device.

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