Tracy R Reed wrote: > John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > > 85.00 USD, in a standard configuration. > > Are you going to get one? For what purpose? I would love to have an LTSP > terminal with one of these things mounted on the back of a monitor.
Of course, I linked to the wrong one. http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjr/index.html This is the one I was thinking of. With WiFi it is 170 USD. 46 USD for shipping a single unit to the USA. That is a total of 216 USD. A bit much for what one gets, unless you count the Size Tax. I think it's a great system; it could even be used as stand alone. I doubt the video chipset has any 3D accelleraton, so no Tux Racer. I can't think of a valid use for 3D accelleration outside of games and gee-gaw factors, anyway, so that is no loss to me. 2D playback (such as DVD) is far more important to me. The details on the MicroClient Jr. don't specify the actual video chipset, so I have no idea. Given that it is a 200MHz CPU, I don't hold out much hope for super-rad accelleration. When you consider that this system is fanless, and modern high-end GPUs have their own fan, I'm not seeing much indicating a lot of performance. > I wish I could get a small LTSP terminal with a really nice graphics > card in it (dual head with 3d acceleration). I really want all of my > data far away protected in a datacenter but have a really nice display > in front of me implemented with minimal hardware making minimal noise > and producing minimal heat. While that is a nice ideal, a network glitch renders your system useless. I like the local LAN model, with a repository off site. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
