I'm looking for a PC to set up in my kitchen for quick e-mail, web browsing, a few games but nothing needing a graphics accelerator. Form factor is the major concern for me since I need to either take up counter space or cabinet space to put the case. If I can find a thin enough case I can mount it below the cabinets like one of those kitchen radios, or stand it up next to the wall behind the monitor (planning on getting a small 15" LCD monitor and a tiny keyboard/mouse). I will be connecting it to my wireless LAN, so a PCI slot for a wireless card would be nice, otherwise I can use one of those Linksys adapters to get it on my network. For the processor speed, I doubt I would need anything above a PIII 750ish or so.

Any suggestions? Ideally I'm looking for something under $200. I looked at something like this but they are still kinda big, a square form factor would probably work out better in the end.

The cool thing about a recipe computer is that you could ask it "I have these ingredients; what can I make?"

Oh yeah, I still need a suggestion on a case/computer.

Would a mini-itx board and case do the trick?



I'm looking for one too, but I'm holding off until i've sorted my smart.

How about an old laptop ?