Patent ID: 7298615
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computing device comprising: a housing having upper, lower, first and second side faces, and front and rear faces, and a mains-powered personal computer motherboard of the type including a main processor with a heatsink, both disposed at or near to a first edge of the motherboard and connectors disposed at a second edge of the motherboard, the second edge and the first edge being adjacent to one another, the second edge and a third edge of the motherboard being adjacent to one another, the third edge being opposite the first edge, the motherboard being secured in the housing with the connectors contacting the rear face of the housing and the main processor being disposed adjacent the first side face of the housing and in the proximity of a first vent formed therein; a power supply secured to the housing between the third edge of the motherboard and the second side face of the housing and being proximate to the rear and second side faces of the housing, and a fixed mass-storage device and a removable memory media drive located: one above the other; between the third edge of the motherboard and the second side face of the housing; and in the volume between the power supply and the front face of the housing, media being transportable to and from the removable memory media drive though an aperture in the front face of the housing.