On Wednesday 23 August 2006 21:52, Gentgeen wrote: > Dear List, > > I will be looking at upgrading my current system between now and > November. With all the new processors, I was looking for some opinions > on what is the best "bang for buck". I am currently running on an AMD > 1GHz processor that was bought when they were in the $100 range, so that > gives you some idea. > > The current server serves as BOTH my desktop machine, and as a server to > 4 thin clients. It is a home environment, with kids, so the usage is > email, gimp, web, kids web games (lots of flash sites) and some kids > games (Tux Type, Super Tux, etc), xmms for music, etc. all run on the > clients. > > When we need to do "big stuff" (DVD playing, video editing, etc) then we > do in directly on the server, usually when no one else is on a client. > > I have to say that 90% of the time, everything runs fine. But lately, > with the kids getting older, and going to more Flash sites, things are > really starting to bog down. Or when everyone is running big apps at > the same time (one client with OO, one with Nickjr.com, another with > Gimp, etc) things get bogged. >
Personally, I think the 64 Bit AMD Processors are nice, but Apparently the new Intels will smoke them in certain applications .. what those apps are I have no idea though ... for a 5 user system, I don't think the processor is as much a concern as memory - more is always nice .. What thin clients are you using ? out of curiosity .... I have 3 kids who all run their own machines ATM ... want to put them on thin clients too ... but I want to run wireless .. -- Regards, Adrian Snyman Tel: (083)647-5299 /* Disclaimer - These opiini^H^H damn! ^H^H ^Q ^[ .. :w :q :wq :wq! ^d X^? exit X Q ^C ^c ^? :quitbye CtrlAltDel ~~q :~q logout save/quit :!QUIT ^[zz ^[ZZZZZZ ^H man vi ^@ ^L ^[c ^# ^E ^X ^I ^T ? help helpquit ^D ^d man help ^C exit ?Quit ?q CtrlShftDel "Hey, what does this button d..." */ ================== Please read our Email Disclaimer : http://www.supply-chain.co.za/disclaimer.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
