Hmm, I agree with you on that. The only reason I would consider doing this is if I could get them all from one spot and know for sure that $60 per machine is a done deal - $60 per client with good, working monitor - no more no less. Does anyone know of any good computer wholesalers? (real ones that need a tax id/reseller permit) Thanks! <div>On 3/29/07, Huck <<a href="mailto:dhuckaby@paasda.org"> dhuckaby@paasda.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I hate to say it this way but $60 for a G3 as a thin clients would be a waste of money IMHO...I just got 2 G3's, and 3 G4's for $200. all with OS/X on them...and...well I'll stop and let you decide... but $60 EACH is absurd for a G3 when you can get a BRAND NEW thin client that takes much less space/power/etc...for $100 to $150...or FREE from freegeek.org(or your local hospital when they do their routine swap-outs if you can develop a relationship with their CIO =) --Huck Shawn Maggard wrote: > Hey everyone. I've been reading the mailing list for quite some time, > just never really had anything to say. Well that has changed now.. > > Ok, so a supplier of mine comes up with these used G3s for like $60 each > - working but no keyboard or mouse. I was wondering if these could be > used to basically create an entire computer lab using these G3s booting > into LTSP. Good idea or bad? The tables sure would be a lot cleaner and > neater with the "all built into one device" features of those macs. AND > $60 per client doesn't sound bad at all.. > > Thanks for your comments. > -- > Shawn Maggard > Advance Computers > <a href="http://advancingnow.com">http://advancingnow.com</a> > 931-762-0099 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > K12OSN mailing list > <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn </a> > For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</a>> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com </a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote></div> -- Shawn Maggard Maggard Computing <a href="http://maggardcomputing.com">http://maggardcomputing.com</a> 931-629-6258