Computer-on-a-stick
I have written about a bunch of products that come in a stick form, after all what is more mobile than something the size of a stick? The Computer-On-a-Stick from Fingergear carries the tradition forward by putting an onboard operating system and a full suite of Microsoft Office compatible applications on a USB flash drive. Throw in Firefox for web browsing, Evolution for email and instant messaging and you have a, wait for it, computer on a stick. Capacities available range from 256 MB to 8 GB with pricing starting at $149. Clever
Actually it sounds more like a joke we had when I was in Boy Scouts about "Freeze Dried Water In a Cup, just add water!"
Computer on a stick, just add computer.
If Microsoft did this I wonder if it would come with a label: "Don't make illegal copies of this stick.". :-)
Posted by: Scotty | July 25, 2005 at 02:02 PM
Firefox: http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/
Chat: http://www.trilliananywhere.com/
Don't know about Evolution, but how about Thunderbird? http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_thunderbird/
Posted by: treocast | July 25, 2005 at 05:10 PM
It's an interesting idea...curious if anyone has hands-on experience with the gizmo.
Also, I've not been able to find a version higher than 256mb on their website, jk...I'm wondering where you saw the 8gb version.
thanks for the heads up.
Posted by: michael parekh | July 26, 2005 at 02:46 PM
Or this one, includes qemu meaning you can "boot" gnu/linux from within windows, mac or gnu/linux.
PVPM The Portable Virtual Privacy Machine
http://pvpm.metropipe.net/
Posted by: Robin | July 26, 2005 at 07:43 PM