[GRLUG] Net-top as server?

[Michael Mol]

Steve Romanow wrote:
> Jim Olding wrote:
>>> My atom netbook feels much faster than this dell d2350 with its 400Mhz
>>> bus.  I wish I had bought a second netbook instead of this desktop.
>>> Does anyone sell desktop atom cubes?  shuttle?  got to be a market.
>>>     
>> Newegg has a barebones MSI Wind for $150, just add ram and a hard drive.
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> Or the way our discussion has gone, add a usb or gig-nic attached nas 
> (to keep the heat out of the netbook frame)

I wouldn't recommend USB; You'll have performance degredation stemming 
from the poll-based nature of the USB bus.

If you're going to go with NAS, get a NAS box that handles up the file 
serving intrinsically.