Thanks Matthew...I haven't seen the NUC before. Interesting...uses the i3u CPU...which from all accounts isn't a power house but is capable and low power device.
Uses internal SSD (PC case gear make no mention of this) and is only around 100mm square! One Gigabit LAN; 3 USB but no mention of wireless except to say it has an inbuilt antenna? They also have 2 HDMI out...I cannot fathom why? Built for home entertainment systems I guess?
So, the NUC is a little limited a little pricey but not too bad. Indeed something worthy of a bit of a more look at.
I have seen the fit2PC and their other versions, fit3 PC etc, thanks, they really cost quite a bit. Am also looking at other form factors atm.
Looks as if going to Raspberry Pi (or such like) would be a disaster due to lack of ability to run windows, ASCOM etc.
This pretty much re-draws the boundaries back to windows capable machines with small form factor.