Digital Home Thoughts: Newsday.com: "Smaller PCs Attracting Bigger Share of Interest"

"Small computers are . . . BIG! I've been waiting almost two years to write that sentence. That's how long it has been since I built my first toaster-sized, aka small-form factor PC, Shuttle's SV-25. This one is the Model T of the genre, back when the only people who heard of these things were geeks. It really was like a circa 1900 automobile. A noisy little guy, it rattled and stuttered, so in the end I turned it into a dedicated music server and locked it in a closet, where I didn't have to hear the roar of its fans. On the other hand, it has been running 24/7 for all that time, with nary a crash. It is the most reliable computer I've ever owned. "

A good overview article on the current state of the SFF (small form factor) market. I love little computers. :-)