[K12OSN] wall mart wall wort as app or profile server?

[monteslu at cox.net]

Not quite 50 bucks less, you still need to buy the processor.



On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:24 PM , Jeff Siddall wrote:

> Terrell Prude' Jr. wrote:
>> Then this is freakin' killer, dudes/dudettes.  Talk about "thin"
>> clients!  All we need now with this thing is a USB hub for the 
>> keyboard,
>> mouse, and ANTonline USB-to-VGA adapter, and we're done.  Nobody'd 
>> even
>> *see* the computer.  A little mini-GNU/Linux distro with just the
>> essentials (network stack and X11) installed on that built-in flash
>> drive would DO THE TRICK!
>
> I dunno.  Perhaps I am a hard to please, but by the time you are all
> done you will have spent $100 (wall wort) + $60 (USB2VGA) + $10 (USB
> hub) = $170 and what do you have?  A thin client with crummy video
> support (1280x1024 = 17-19" monitor max. -- no widescreen support)
> practically no local-app support, and a bunch of dongles hung off a 
> wall
> wort, plus all the time wasted getting a custom linux spin to support 
> it
> all.
>
> I would rather spend $50 _less_ ($105 board/case/PS + $15 stick of 
> DDR2)
> and get this:
>
> http://www.logicsupply.com/products/bp_m360_lf
>
> Which is LTSP plug-n-play.
>
> If you really like small and fanless and don't mind spending more, get 
> this:
>
> http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9a15
>
> You could reclaim the 2.5" HD and sell it to recover some of the cost.
>
> Jeff
>
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