Diablotek U310 All-in-One Atom Dual-Core D525 1.8GHz 2GB 500GB Ubuntu Linux Keyboard PC w/Wireless-N (Black)

by Diablotek

• Diablotek U310 Atom D525 1.8 GHz All-in-One Keyboard PC General Features: Black color
• Keyboard and PC combo Ultra-compact, space saving design
• Ubuntu Linux operating system pre-installed Intel Atom D 525 1.8 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 MB L2 Cache, 2.5 GT/s DMI, Supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology 2 GB DDR3 RAM
• 500 GB SATA 2.5-inch hard drive

Product Description

Fully functional PC in a Keyboard!This Diablotek U310 combines a 104-key keyboard and a computer in one sleek device. Inside this keyboard is a powerful Intel Atom D525 1.8 GHz dual-core processor, 2 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500 GB 2.5-inch hard drive! Plus, Ubuntu Linux operating system is pre-installed so you can get to work right away! With 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet LAN, connecting to a wireless or wired network is a breeze! The onboard Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 and Azalia audio codec with two built-in speakers delivers an impressive video experience and high fidelity sound. USB 2.0, serial and audio ports are provided for easy connection to a wide variety of PC peripherals including an external DVD or CD drive! A USB mouse is included. Just connect this Keyboard PC to a VGA monitor and you're ready for fast computing! Order this All-in-One Diablotek U310 Atom D525 1.8 GHz Keyboard PC today!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A Well Made Machine September 5, 2012

By Peter Besenbruch

This is a keyboard wedge with a few extras. These include a motherboard with 2 gig. of RAM, a 500 gig. hard drive (5400 rpm), 5 USB ports, serial port (DB9), VGA, Ethernet, wireless networking, headphone and microphone jacks. USB3 and HDMI are all that's missing.

The keyboard has a light feel, with very good tactile feedback. Key travel is decent for a desktop, good for a laptop. The VGA and supplied optical mouse fit a recessed well with a bolt on cover.

My machine came with Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot). Documentation is minimal for the hardware, and non-existent for the software. Turn this puppy on and about 10 seconds later it asks for a password. The password is "password", but good luck finding that anywhere on the web or with the supplied materials. You will want to change the password.

Ubuntu has started to use the Unity interface, and after a few minutes of use, I am not much in favor of it. I was able to figure out how to have it prompt for upgrades to long-term support versions. Within five minutes, Ubuntu was prompting me to upgrade to Precise Pangolin (12.04). Expect to spend a couple of hours doing that.

A word about what you get: While cranking away on the upgrade, it used 387 meg. of the 2 gig. of RAM. It has plenty of RAM. With everything downloaded and parked on the hard drive for the upgrade, it has 402 gig. free. Even a "bloated" distro like Ubuntu doesn't tax this thing. The CPU, a dual core Atom running at 1.8 gHz feels zippy. The GPU is an integrated 3150, part of the X3000 series, featuring actual hardware based, 3D acceleration. Granted, Intel has stripped the 3D support on this unit to the bare minimum, so I wouldn't make this a gaming machine.

This is not a machine designed for portability. Rather, you park it on a keyboard tray, and connect the various cables to it. There is no "box" to deal with, and the computer uses very little electricity. It is a cheap machine that is cheap to run.

Update: I find I am still able to hose a system with the best of them. ;) I added XFCE 4.10 from a PPA, and removed a pile of stuff I didn't need, like Unity, Mono, much of Gnome. Obviously, I needed something, for I also lost the ability to run X, the graphical display.

Now I can report to you that Debian Squeeze runs very well (better than Ubuntu). The wireless needs the "firmware-ralink" package, which I grabbed from Debian Backports.

There is an odd thing about the computer's hardware. It reports a built in display of 1024x768. That display, of course, isn't there, but the chips supporting it remain on the motherboard. This means you will deal with a perpetual, dual, phantom display. It's easy enough to turn off the internal, non-existent display, but it's still odd.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Lightweight device + Lightweight OS = Great HTPC February 4, 2013

By RagingLizard

Amazon Verified Purchase

Pros: Small footprint, excellent OS support (Linux), self-contained unit, good keyboard feedback, stylish design, sufficient RAM, high capacity hard drive

Cons: Blue LEDs are BRIGHT!, could use more USB ports, built-in speakers are a little weak, OpenGL support is decidedly lacking

My previous HTPC died due to blown caps on the mobo. I chose this device as a replacement primarily to cut my power consumption; a reduction from 620W to less than 60W for the whole system. I also purchased the Orico 6648USJ3-BK 4 Bay drive dock to nest my data drives. The TV tuners come next and will be the final part to replacing the entire system.

So far, this PC has served beautifully. It is also a true 64-bit PC and _can_ boot from an external drive. DVD playback from an external drive is flawless under MythTV as is video file playback. MythTV supports OpenGL rendering for video playback and I do NOT recommend trying this option with this PC. OpenGL video playback on larger screens is choppy at best. However, OpenGL isn't at all lost on this device. As a FreeCAD user, rendering and moving the generated models in the workspace is reasonably smooth. For what most would consider a low-end PC, this device is sufficient for the hobby engineer when using a lightweight OS like Linux.

Sound, when pumped through external speakers, is excellent; the internal speakers are OK if that is all you have but external speakers are a must with this system.

The Orico dock works quite well with this PC. Data transfer rates are excellent over the USB 2.0 connections; good enough to handle large file transfers to a drive while watching video from a different drive. If you choose to purchase a similar dock, you will find the same issue I found: You can not simply reboot the PC. You must shut it down to get the PC recognize the drives at boot time.

I am very happy with this purchase and am considering purchasing a second unit to keep as backup for my main PC.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great with Commodore os vision January 26, 2013

By Michael L. Maninger

Amazon Verified Purchase

I got this to run comodore OS vision and it does a nice job. The graphics work very well. It isn't the speediest thing on the planet but that isn't the goal for me atleast.

It does run FLDIGI very well and has a RS232 port a nice feature.