[GRLUG] Thin clients

[Michael Mol]

Ow. Yeah, an unreliable NIC would just about kill it.

Let me know when you guys find some good candidates!

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Matt Michielsen
<mattmichielsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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