There are two ways PC makers can offer low-cost computers. One is to use newer components that are designed to be cheap. Another is to select older components that used to cost a ...

Thanks in large part to the Raspberry Pi, cheap little computers continue to be all the rage. Most of the time, though, these little computers aren't products of the big name hardware manufacturers.

A number of Chinese PC makers have begun offering small fanless computers with low-power processors and a bunch of high-speed Ethernet ports. While they’re basically full-fledged desktop PCs, they’re ...