On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Marc A. Volovic wrote: > On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 19:46 +0300, guy keren wrote: > > indeed, with the fastest running at 166MHz, they're too weak for my needs. > > not to mention the need to assemble a box on my own. > > What level of price/performance do you want?
the performance should allow me to run a fairly recent linux distribution - i can't just choose it, since i have to use certain desktops,applications/whatever based on the lecture's subject. thus, it has to be "strong enough" to run things such as OO 2.0, KDE 3.X, firefox and the like. if i can have such a thing for 500-1000$ - that's what i want to know. once i know what options are available, i'll be able to make the trade-off between price and performance. i'm certainly not going to pay 2K$ for such a thing. as i see it now, the mini mac marks the upper-bound - it has all i want and a little more, in dimentions that are at the upper-limit i think i can live with. it's disadvantage is that it is not X86 - and thus i will not be able to run various x86-centric tools on it (e.g. valgrind, perhaps various binary-only modules, etc.). > Do you require a VGA screen and PS/2? i don't require a screen AT ALL. i require a screen controller - i go with my box to some place, and they have keyboards and screens/barcos locally, that i can connect to the PC i'm bringing. for this reason i also require both USB and PS/2 - in order to be able to connect whatever local keyboard/mouse they have. since hetz mentioned a solution for a PS/2 keyboard without a native PS/2 outlet in the PC, and i cna have a PS/2-to-USB connector in my pocket, then PS/2 outlets are not a must. > There are quite a few Geode designs which may be used. They can be > packed into a fairly small box (like a Checkpoint SoHo thingy)... i don't want to assemble it myself - i want a resilient machine, not a toy that keeps breaking because i have two left hands :0 > > well, since i need most of the available I/O accessible on the outside, i > > won't be able to save a lot of space even if i wanted to. > > I dispute that - you will not need two RS232 and the parallel... assuming i won't fall on serial mice anywhere, nor similar old hardware, then yes - these are optional and i could live without them. -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]