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metaphorz
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display the piece
« on: Feb 26th, 2005, 3:59pm » |
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Are there any suggestions on fairly cheap hardware
installations that allow one to show off Processing
pieces? My guess would be that one would opt for
something like:
1) A fairly cheap flat TV or monitor
2) PC or Mac that can be hidden away
(somehow)
In a way, something like Compaq's tablet PC is ideal
because it hides the circuitry *behind* the display.
Thoughts welcome.
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fjen
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Re: display the piece
« Reply #1 on: Feb 27th, 2005, 11:10am » |
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i'd check the mini-mac, seems to offer a lot for few bucks. and it's small, compact and preinstalled (+java) ... yes i'm on mac, bare with me.
i heard there are some vendors selling flat-screens without housing. that's supposed to be cheap and if you are thinking about building your own case anyway it might be an option.
personally i don't like tablet and touch for exhibitions ... people are pretty unfamiliar with these concepts in terms of use and having them touch the screen all the time usually just makes it dirty.
just for curiosity: os-x on xbox ... anyone to give processing on xbox a try?
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~ranma1/mac_install.html
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fry
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Re: display the piece
« Reply #2 on: Feb 27th, 2005, 6:17pm » |
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i find that dell has extremely cheap hardware, you can find 2.8 GHz machines for as low as $300, though they usually hover around $349. i'd be inclined to get that plus an inexpensive flat panel display (they're selling 15" flat panel + similar machine for about $500 right now). hide the box behind a wall and mount the display or even take it out of its housing to put in a more attractive enclosure if you're so inclined.
the mac mini is nice but macs aren't nearly as fast at running java stuff, so for an installation i'd personally just go with a pc. for general use, a mac is often a nicer machine to work on, but that's a non-issue in exhibition setting (i'm fundamentally agnostic--typing this on my powerbook before i get back to work on processing using a dell desktop in a few minutes).
xbox might be fun too, tho i have a feeling that with the price of cheapie pc, the amount of time to get things running would outweigh the savings, if any (since they're not as on-par with current PCs feature-wise).
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chrisoshea
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Re: display the piece
« Reply #3 on: Feb 27th, 2005, 7:10pm » |
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on Feb 27th, 2005, 6:17pm, fry wrote:
xbox might be fun too, tho i have a feeling that with the price of cheapie pc, the amount of time to get things running would outweigh the savings, if any (since they're not as on-par with current PCs feature-wise). |
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I was thinking about this actually this morning, as you can install Linux on an Xbox and with a bit of hacking, get usb keyboards, mice, soundcards working etc. Xbox can only render in software mode though apparently, so no OpenGL yet. You can pick up a second hand Xbox for £100 (GB pounds) which is cheaper than buying a barebones system.
Would be interesting to see if anyone else has Processing running on an Xbox
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Allen
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Re: display the piece
« Reply #4 on: Mar 1st, 2005, 6:47pm » |
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I've been thinking of building a Mini-ITX based picture frame for my apartment for a while, though I've never got around to doing so. You can find information at mini-itx.com, and there's a good example of one here:
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/pictureframepc/
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