I spent an hour and a half last week, speaking with the market positioning/technical input direct report to the CEO of a high volume engineering and marketing firm of thin units.
Beyond the expected: - slotted ram, more ram (one can never have too much) - moderate processor speed boost (to control the heat load) - Linux kernel ready chipsets - WoL / PXE onboard NIC Bullet point hardware items for a new model I mentioned were: - a better than bottom of the barrel video chipset - well-engineered ventilation and heat budgetting - a couple of PC-Card slots - front panel USB port availability - possibly a No Moving Parts design option variant - designed in security mounting options Dream suport of an i-button touch token http://www.ibutton.com/ibuttons/ With technical support of - USB storage device automount / syncing, as the persistent removable store and interchange format. Which would solve several issues I have been working with, At a high level: - authentication (AAA) - central account management - mobile persistent individual store - physical robustness, and - visual appeal ---------------------- What did I miss? -- Russ Herrold ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
