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Having not long returned from the IFA Show in Germany , I was just catching up on what I may have missed from being on the road when I noticed Tangent's Evergreen 17 PC. Using 72% less energy than the Energy Star 4.0 limit, the Evergreen 17 comes with either a 1.0GHz VIA Eden processor or a 1.5GHz VIA C7 and is designed to be a light, durable PC that can be powered by batteries and used in 'point of care' situations. I'm thinking hospitals, care centers and places where a PC can be wheeled around on a cart, perhaps attached to specific or specialized medical equipment, which perhaps explains why it's lacking the raw sexuality the Engadget crowd are used to. Storage varies according to your needs, with anything from 1GB to 64GB of flash memory available as well as regular hard drives of up to 250GB. WLAN is built-in and there's also the option of a touch screen display. Tangent focuses primarily on vertical markets, so unfortunately I wouldn't expect to see the Evergreen in high street stores anytime soon, although another option would be to attempt to create your own. This article on Mini-ITX.com details the hard work and effort of one dedicated modder and his desire to create his own All-in-One PC. A testament to dedication and hard slog.  Although worlds apart, both these devices are both very much centered on the power efficiency of the VIA platforms that run inside them. One borne of blood, sweat and tears....the other designed to assist doctors and nurses in averting the appearance of such fluids.
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