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by switchbak 4127 days ago
That's very true - one of those mini Linux sticks would fit the bill nicely, for example: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Original-authentic-R...

And apparently Intel has the same thing with it's atom chip: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/01/intels-compute-stick-...

With high capacity flash getting fast-enough for real use, I don't see much of a need for spinning platters anymore.

It's seems like a shame to give up on all that old hardware, but technology marches on I suppose.