KAZEY JOURNAL

7/26/2005

Operating system running on Thumbdrive.

Filed under: Tech — @ 9:16 am

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The Computer-On-a-Stick (COS) is a USB Flash Drive featuring its own Onboard Operating System together with a full suite of Microsoft Office-compatible applications.
A Stick or otherwise known as a thumbdrive Drive featuring its own ultra fast Onboard Operating System with a full suite of Microsoft Office-compatible applications. Is that the future of computer systems?

The Computer-On-a-Stick also boasts the powerful Mozilla Firefox Web Browser, Evolution email, and Yahoo & MSN compatible Instant Messenger for superior Internet connectivity

Plug the Computer-On-a-Stick into your PC or Laptop and instantly transform your old environment into a new and powerful secure workstation – without a hard disk!

The combination of low cost and a powerful Onboard Operating System opens up a whole new paradigm of computing. Users get all the benefits of a thin client solution without changing their existing PC hardware or software.

This product been sold at Computer-on-disk, is quite impressive. I think i am going to get one for backup. It comes with a high but reasonable pricetag of $149 approx RM578 and with colours of blue silver and clear, besides the features which entails

  • High Speed (USB 2.0)

  • Ultra Fast System Startup with USB 2.0

  • Shutdown within seconds

  • Web, email and remote server or PC access

  • Non-volatile Flash memory for all stored data.

  • Capacities: 256MB, 512MB, 1G, 2G, 4G, up to 8 Gigabytes!

  • Compression utility with password protection

  • No hard disk required

  • Linux 2.6.x Series Kernel

  • Gnome GUI Desktop

  • Latest Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
  • OpenOffice Productivity Suite, including the following applications:

    1. Word Processing
    2. Spreadsheets
    3. Vector Drawings
    4. Slide Presentations

  • Evolution Email

  • GAIM Instant Messaging Client – compatible with MSN Messenger, Yahoo IM, AIM, ICQ, IRC, and more.

  • Remote Access Applications (SSH, VNC, RDP)

  • PDF Creator/Viewer & Postscript Viewer

  • Automatic Network Configuration – DHCP
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