HP e-Vectra - first desktop with external PSU?

[Hifriday]

I found one of these tiny machines in a local second hand PC store and was surprised to find a 6? year old desktop using an external PSU. Is this the first machine to be sold with an external PSU?

Don't be misled by the tiny 8" LCD, it measures only 3.5" x 9.4" x 10.7". My initial impressions of this one fan system blogged here

[DaveSimmons]

Many of the 8bit computers of the 70s-80s (TRS-80, Atari, Commodore Vic-20 & C-64, Sinclair ZX-80, and maybe the Apple IIc) used external wall-warts for power. Most were silent too, though it's easier when your CPU speed is 1 - 2 MHz

It might be the first IBM PC compatible though.

[daremo]

I found one of these tiny machines in a local second hand PC store and was surprised to find a 6? year old desktop using an external PSU. Is this the first machine to be sold with an external PSU?

Don't be misled by the tiny 8" LCD, it measures only 3.5" x 9.4" x 10.7". My initial impressions of this one fan system blogged here

Wow I had almost forgot about these. I worked in HP's call center and several of my colleague's had to use these for their desktops. They seemed to work semi-OK considering all the apps we had to run, but they could bog down. For basic home use that could be an interesting project. let us know how it turns out!

[BlueAvatar]

I have one of these. its running XP (just) and about all it can cope with after that is winamp, which is just fine cos thats all it has to do

its reasonably quiet, though i cut away the restrictive fan grills and that helped.