[GRLUG] Thin clients

[Matt Michielsen]

We actually purchased a couple demo units of that exact device to use on a
manufacturing floor.  Both units had really flaky network cards, so we
discontinued using them.  We are still looking for the perfect (based on
cost and reliability) thin client for this environment.  PoE is definitely
nice for us, as our switches support it.

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Casey DuBois <casey at grlug.org> wrote:
> > Yea it looks pretty cool and using minimal power seems to be the ONLY
> advantage.
>
> Ok, here's another. That particular device is powered using PoE,which
> means it doesn't lose power if the network switch doesn't. That
> strikes me as nice. (Nicer still if there were a way to keep the VGA
> display powered. I guess one still needs a UPS for that.)
>
> > I'm thinking the sweet spot would be a large corporation in California
> > figuring out how to get a tax credit (energy efficient dealio) for
> > purchasing them and also use less power to save some cash.
> >
> > Also now that they have the box off the desk they can make our CUBES
> > smaller.....  :-(
>
> Heh. That reminded me of Tron, which I just watched again a few weeks
> ago. That may be the only movie I've ever seen that used a matte
> painting to extend the apparent size of a cube farm.
>
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