Design/Construction

As mentioned earlier, the color and the shape of the Post Genie is a little confusing. The front of the Post Genie consists of a backlit LED, an IPod inspired menu navigation wheel with an Enter button in the center, an Escape button, and 1 WAN and 8 LAN activity indicators. The back consists of 1 WAN and 8 LAN ports, USB and parallel ports for a printer, two fans, a power connector, and a dual purpose power and reset button. The power connector is nicely designed as a coaxial connector with a twist screw to lock the cable in place - a nice feature to keep the power cord from being pulled out accidentally.




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The construction of the enclosure makes it impossible for it to be placed in a standard 2U server rack. The system itself is not wide enough nor does it offer any method of attaching drive rails. However, one has to note that the market segment targeted by the Post Genie is for small SOHOs and businesses that might not have server racks. Expect this unit to sit behind a desk rather than snug in a server room.




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  • assemblage - Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - link

    "Cornerstone of the Computer industry" shows that you have fantastical imagination.
  • kmmatney - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - link

    Very interesting. If the system is reliable, then the $1000 price isn't bad at all.
  • gdetweil - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - link

    It would be great to have a networking section on the website to easily find networking related articles since you know have a staffer for networking.
  • Saist - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - link

    As far as I know, Net-Itech http://www.net-itech.com/ did this several years ago and is still doing it.
  • Marlin1975 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - link

    "Anand - review the Geode!!! Pleeeease"


    I agree. I thought the 1Ghz versions are SocketA. That and they are supposed to kill the VIA cpus in perormance and offer lower power.

    Also has anybody seen them forsale yet?
  • nserra - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - link

    Why the 8 LAN ports, isn't this too much for very small offices? Or this is an all in one solution. No switch required?

    The idea is good it only need's redefining.
  • Booty - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - link

    Good review - well written. I'd been hoping that AT would have more networking-related articles, so it's good to see they brought you on board. Keep up the good work.
  • BrianNg - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - link

    Thanks for brining that to my attention. I have Kris fix it ASAP.

    Thanks,

    Brian
  • yak8998 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - link

    Nice review, are you going to be reviewing more appliances?

    Anand - review the Geode!!! Pleeeease
  • LazyBoyTony - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - link

    johnsonx

    Give the new guy a break, everyone is allowed to make Typos :P

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