Globalscale’s DreamPlug looks to have a build-quality of the $5 card-reader from your local dime-store, finish with ill-fitting cosmetic panels and 1980s utility-chic color-scheme. But who cares? This is the little PERSONAL COMPUTER which is smaller than a average wall-wart, and sups just 5 watts of power – the same as the USB pier reserve.

The DreamPlug packs a 1.2GHz Marvell Sheeva CPU, 512MB IMPEL (and 2MB storage, upgradeable by the microSD container. You additionally get the span of Gigabit Ethernet ports, dual USB-ports, an eSATA pier, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR and even Wi-Fi (b as well as g).

Wait, there’s some-more: 48K/44.1 KHz audio (in as well as out, a 16-bit DAC, a headphone jack and an S/PDIF optical port.

Not bad, right? And here’s a cost: $150. The DreamPlug comes with Ubuntu or Debian Linux, though you could substantially do whatever you like with it. Like setup a plug-in RSS-enabled BitTorrent box, or the notice scheme, or a media-server. At his cost, you could get one just to tinker with.

One some-more thing: It’s little, though it gets even tinier. The part you see with a dual power-plug prongs extending? That’s removable, so you can squeeze this inside another box and run the cable to a mains.

The DreamPlug is accessible right away. All your cheap, plasticky nerd-dreams can come true.

DreamPlug product page [Glabalscale around DVICE]