Originally Posted by
M.Mouse
The point I was making is that the P4 in my Elonex is quite capable of running W7 and doing an adequate job. It is not heading for the bin anytime soon.
While that's true, a $75 Atom board has similar performance to a P4 at a small fraction of the power consumption. My old P4 PC sounded like a jet engine, so I can't imagine having it in the living room. The Atom under the TV (for Xbmc) and i5 beside it (for MythTV) are inaudible from the sofa.