On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 22:37 -0500, Drew Van Zandt wrote: > The Kool-u looks sort of neat, but pricey... for kiosk-type stuff I'd > be looking at things like this instead: > > http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjr/index.html > > Yeah, not as beefy a CPU, but power consumption similar and a LOT > cheaper - $120 with 128MB RAM ($155 w/512MB CF, Linux preinstalled) > vs. the cheapest Kool-u at $299 with no ram.
Volume pricing will drop the prices considerably, although I will admit the Norhtec is pretty freaking cheap...er, ah, inexpensive. > The MicroClient Jr. > drops to $90 in quantity, even... But you can put another VGA port on the Koolu. Then with two keyboards and two mice you can have two displays on your kiosk. > on the other hand, you're ordering > from Thailand. > Well, you order the Koolu from Canada. I am not sure which is worse. :-) The interesting thing about both units is their small size, low power, and fanless operation which might encourage people to leave their computer on all the time, so they can receive telephone calls, use it as an alarm clock, etc. md _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
