why do you need a drive at all. we all went to ken yap's etherboot talk didn't we?
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:03:40 +1200 Michael JasonSmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 14:45, Hamish McBrearty wrote: > > Fans yes, however the noise from the bloody hard drives can be deafening. > If you are using the box as an x-terminal, you can remove the IDE HDD > (it is an IDE HDD, before anyone yells SCSI :) and replace it with a > Compact Flash card and adaptor. I am sure you can get a working X setup > into 64MB :) Something along the lines of > http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/hardware/pb150/ > > > We've just removed 2 labs of 25 and replaced them with Compaq Evos and LCD > > monitors and everyone has commented on how much quieter the labs are. > CRT monitors are noisy compared to their LCD counterparts, but not as > noisy as the old box in the back of my office with a dodgy fan :( > > > The eMacs are cheap at the moment due to the impending release of the G5 > > processor, but they are noisy, very heavy and awkward to carry. > I have never picked one up, to be honest. However, I could imagine that > the CRT in the eMac is very heavy. When I was comparing the new iMac to > the eMac, I was more referring to the processing power, rather than the > weight. > > As far a portability, I find carrying a PC is a pain, no matter the make > or model. One trip for the monitor, one for the box, and a final trip > for the keyboard, cables and mouse! > > Oh, Zarus! How I Envy Thee. > > -- > Michael JasonSmith http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpj17/ > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
