On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 16:16 -0800, Kam Leo wrote: > For power efficiency why wouldn't you use a laptop? They're generally not designed for being left permanently on. The small 2.5" hard drives usually aren't. The powersupply/battery chargers often aren't, particularly if there's a battery attached. They're bigger than some custom devices can be, and you can end up with plugs coming out all four sides of a laptop. And there's still the issue of whether the laptop hardware will be compatible. -- (This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.