{"id":2847,"date":"2010-09-03T22:21:50","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T05:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multimedia.cx\/eggs\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2010-09-03T22:21:50","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T05:21:50","slug":"bye-bye-fate-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimedia.cx\/eggs\/bye-bye-fate-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye Bye FATE Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the computer that performed the lion’s share of FATE cycles for the past 1.5 years before Mans put a new continuous integration system<\/a> into service. I’ve now decided to let the machine go. I can’t get over how odd this feels since this thing is technically the best machine I own<\/strong>.<\/p>\n


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It’s a small form factor Shuttle PC (SD37P2 v2); Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz; 2 GB RAM; 400 GB SATA HD; equipped with the only consistently functional optical drive in my house (uh oh<\/a>). I used it as my primary desktop from March 2007<\/a> – November 2008, at which point I repurposed it for FATE cycles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As mentioned, the craziest part is that this is technically the best computer in my house. My new EeePC 1201PN<\/a> isn’t at quite the same level; my old EeePC<\/a> can’t touch it, of course; the Mac Mini<\/a> has a little more RAM but doesn’t stack up in nearly all other areas. But the Shuttle just isn’t seeing that much use since the usurpation<\/a>. I had it running automated backup duty for multimedia.cx but that’s easy enough to move to another, lower-powered system.<\/p>\n

Maybe the prognosticators are correct and the PC industry has matured to the point where raw computing power simply doesn’t matter anymore. I fancy myself as someone who knows how to put CPU power to work but even I don’t know what to do with the computing capacity I purchased over 3 years ago.<\/p>\n

Where will the Shuttle go? A good home, I trust– I know a family that just arrived in the country and could use a computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Shuttle SD37P2 v2 is a great computer but I just don”t need that much power anymore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fate-server"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t