Naked Computers » USA

Stealth Computer

Alan Bell — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:28:56 +0000

Stealth 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

Alan Bell — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:46:45 +0000

eRacks 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.

fit-PC2

Alan Bell — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:21:17 +0000

fit-PC2 is a small low power fanless computer based on the Intel Atom processor. It might make a good MythTV front end. There are three naked configurations available, an Ubuntu option and some proprietary OS that you don’t want.

ERA Computers and Consulting

Alan Bell — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:46:11 +0000

ERA Computers and Consulting will build a system to order. They can pre-install any of 20 top linux distros, or just give you the bare naked metal.

Tiger Direct

Alan Bell — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:13:56 +0000

Tiger Direct have a range of laptops, desktops and servers, and for us they have a good selection of barebones kits. These are complete computers that just need assembly with nothing more complicated than a screwdriver. Some of their servers are shipped naked too.

Emperor Linux

Alan Bell — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:54:06 +0000

Emperor Linux supply a wide range of laptops including military grade rugged laptops. All come with Linux pre-installed and a custom kernel to ensure all the hardware is fully supported. They will pre-install a range of distros, but sadly no nakedness at the moment.

System 76

Alan Bell — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:43:13 +0000

System 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.

Ascendtech

Alan Bell — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:40:40 +0000

Ascendtech 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.

PCs For Everyone

Alan Bell — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:20:40 +0000

PCs For Everyone because everyone needs a naked PC! This friendly retail online store includes a proprietary operating system in the default configuration of their desktops and laptops but it is removable. Servers come naked by default. They lose a few points by having this:

as the icon that displays when you select the naked option. It strikes me that this:

would look much better. PCs For Everyone, if you want to use the logo then I am totally cool with that.

Krex Computers

Alan Bell — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:56:13 +0000

Krex Computers sell components and full systems, many come with an undesirable operating system however (at the time of writing) the deal of the week on the front page is a full frontal naked PC with “a variety of operating systems as an optional extra”