[maxmsp] Re: What's the smallest known platform for Max/MSP?

Thanks for all this - very useful and intriguing. I think the only option is to buy something cheap and cheerful, as a first attempt at making something tiny, and have a go. I hadn't thought about the Pure Data + Linux route. The smallness makes that very tempting but I'm slightly concerned I'll then be delving into three things that I haven't tried before, instead of just one.

For those of you interested in this issue: I'd like a small computer so I can embed Max/MSP-based systems inside objects that I perform with live, without having to worry about hooking things up to external computers, finding time to setup on stage and so on. Just to give you an idea of what I mean, one example is Clara 2.0, my theremin playing robot doll, about the size of a human baby.I'd love to get Clara 2.0 working as a stand-alone device - like an old-school (i.e. 18th-century) automata where everything is contained in the body - or tucked into the automata's box. 

Anyway, I don't know if any of this makes sense to other people or you now think I'm completely potty. But I'm definitely going to take the plunge and buy...I'm not sure what yet but one of the suggestions here.

Thanks again

Sarah