[K12OSN] A few ~$200 thin clients to try

[Rob Owens]

I've had good success with the SYM1112 from Symbio Technologies.  My needs are fairly basic, though, and it costs slightly more than $200.  ($230 if I remember correctly).

-Rob

On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 09:36:20PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> I'm looking for a few suggestions on low-power, silent/fan-less thin
> clients to test.
> 
> But, I do not want to give up much performance.
> 
> I've used various desktop machines I've had around for thin clients
> and they work great.  I have noticed that flash performance is
> related to the power of the thin client.  I've got a 3Ghz/1GB Dell
> setup as a thin client and Flash performance is equal to the desktop
> performance.  Slower thin clients don't work as well on the same LSTP
> server (could be video card, I suppose).
> 
> I see on the lists people having problem with flash performance.
> So, I'm suspecting that memory on the thin client may play a role as
> well as the video.
> 
> I'm hoping that something around $200USD or so will get me close to the
> "sweet spot" for decent hardware.
> 
> Anyone happy with the performance of their low-power, small, and quite
> thin client that can offer suggestions of units to try?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Moseley
> moseley at hank.org
> 
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