Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Thin client

[Anselm M. H. <an...@ho...>]

Am Donnerstag, den 16.06.2005, 11:00 +0100 schrieb Phil Driscoll:
> On Thursday 16 June 2005 10:08, Romain Surleau wrote:
>
> I'd opt for saving some money and going for a really thin client which only 
> knows how to do a pxe or etherboot.

I've been very surprised recently while buying components to build an
OpenOffice-only PC for a customer what prices went to.

nice, small AOpen H340a mini-atx case, incl. 200W power supply - 36 Euro
PC-Chips MoBo with Via C3 2000+ CPU soldered on, VGA+LAN - 48 Euro
RAM 256 MB DDR - 15 Euro
(you won't need a hdd or dvd, which he got for his standalone box)

Only downside is that the onboard bootrom is novell rpl, but you could
probably flash Etherboot into the BIOS anyway (which I didn't try on
that particular machine - but never had trouble doing so on other
machines). Nice thing though, to get a complete and relatively small
(325x105x410mm) client for less than 100 bucks. To get something without
moving parts you'd probably have to invest more, of course.

Regards,

Anselm