"This can be used as a standard PC on standard power," MacLellan told ZDNet UK, "or it can be used with power-over-Ethernet, and that really makes it efficient." A basic Jack PC costs �209 without monitor or keyboard. At a low price and using low power, MacLellan believes the device is "one of the biggest developments in PCs that we have seen" and is one of the "ever-growing range of thin clients, which are rapidly replacing PCs as a more effective desktop computing solution for modern businesses". The Jack PC runs Windows CE, is designed to connect to "any terminal server-based environment" and has Citrix ICA and Microsoft RDP clients built in.
Kinda neat. For simple home installation using existing jacks, I'd like to see one with power jack(s) as well, but I realize that packaging that would be difficult. These would be nice to put in a new house, in the kitchen, bathroom, by the couch, in the bedrooms, on a covered patio. I spent several months building a house last year, and I wish we'd put this in it. Very nice. With a single PC acting as a server, you could do an awful lot with this, some LCDs and wireless keyboards. You could route the monitor/usb out the back and embed a touchscreen in a wall for alarm and audio control. Lots of applications for a convenient package. |
