Tranquil PC are an outfit based in Manchester specializing in low-power “green” PCs. While most of their range ship with Windows you can buy almost any of their models sans OS including their “barebones server” which always ships “naked” And here’s their little fanless Atom N270 based PCs (note the OS dropdown box defaults to “None” 
. They used to offer a box with Ubuntu installed by default but dropped that a while back.
Archive for the ‘Servers’ Category
Tranquil PC
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Stealth Computer
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Stealth Computer do a range of specialist computers including rackmount servers, panel mount PCs (screw to a desk or wall) and little PCs. They even have a sealed waterproof computer. All are priced naked and the default configuration is bare with options for Ubuntu Linux and some other stuff.
eRacks
Sunday, June 28th, 2009eRacks specialise in Open Source systems most having an option of No OS (tested with Ubuntu) which is fantastic. I also saw an interesting standard feature of a $5 donation to an Open Source project which is a great idea. They have a good selection of naked servers, desktops, laptops and netbooks, all with a Linux or BSD available and the servers and desktops available starkers.
Pioneer Computers Australia
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Pioneer Computers have a wide range of laptops, desktops and servers, all available in the buff. If you don’t select an operating system they ask you to make a comment, I suggest “stark naked please”.
System 76
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009System 76 is a strong supplier of Ubuntu with a good range of desktops and laptops with the latest release of Ubuntu pre-installed. This would appear to be non-removeable, however the servers do come in the buff.
VeryPC
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009VeryPC specialise in low power eco friendly PCs, all products have the power consumption listed and there is a naked option available as well as Ubuntu pre-installed. The servers look pretty nice too.
NorhTec
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009NorhTec have a great range of low power small size computers for desktop, server and embedded applications. All are priced naked and most have a linux of some form as an optional install. They have a netbook in development that runs on standard AA batteries and comes with Ubuntu Netbook Remix, I can’t see a naked option for that. They are priced in dollars, but ship worldwide.
Ascendtech
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Ascendtech have a good range of desktop computers available with no operating system. They are also selling recertified (second hand/ex demo/store stock/returns etc.) laptops many with no operating system, but they don’t get a listing in the laptops category as only brand new computers qualify. The servers are nice and naked though.
