> Marcel Berteler wrote: >> Gudmund Areskoug wrote the following on 26/02/2007 20:13: >>> Hello Marcel, >>> Marcel Berteler wrote: >>>> Gudmund Areskoug wrote the following on 19/02/2007 13:46: >>>> >>>>> Other than that, the stumbling blocks that come to my mind, are >>>>> those: >>>>> - New thin clients are expensive in many regions (e. g. Sweden), >>>>> reusing >>>>> old "fat computers" isn't, but is less neat. >>>>> >>>> LTSP Thin Client do not have to be expensive. If the organisation is >>>> willing to go for less known brands, you can easily get thin clients >>>> for >>>> under 200 Euro and if you go directly to the source in Taiwan or to >>>> the >>>> importers in Europe, you can get them for under 150 USD. >>> >>> I'd be very happy to receive some addresses. ATM, things seem to be >>> covered, but otherwise, the quantity needed would have been some 15 >>> clients or so. For Uppsala, Sweden. >>> >> We are the distributor of the eBox series for Southern Africa. There are >> authorised resellers in Europe as well. >> http://www.compactpc.com.tw/contact_us.htm >> >> An other interesting site is http://www.ipc2u.de/catalog/E/EE/34461.html >> Not sure if they are the cheapest around, but it does give a good idea >> of what is available in Europe. > > Thanks for the links, but neither seems to have any affiliates in > Sweden, so I'd have to find out rather a lot of info on freight, import > procedures, import VAT, how guarantees and support are handled, whether > documentation exists in Swedish etc. etc., not to mention currency > fluctuations affecting the prices. > > I tried looking into importing some thin client boxes from the US once, > but gave it up after trying to squeeze usable info about import > procedures out of the authorities. > > BR, > Gudmund >
Hi, don't really know how things arte in Sweden, but in Finland it goes like this: Buying from Germany is just as easy as from Finland (or Sweden). VAT is normally paid in the exporting country (and thats good, 16% in Germany campared to 22% in Finland). When buing to school or company, the taxes are handled just the same way as when buing in Finland. Billing etc goes in EU just as easy as buying next door. Support is always more complicated, but I think the guarantee is the only really importatnt thing with thin clients - what kind of support do we need with these things... So, let's enjoy the EU. It really makes things easy and affordable. sorry You are not part of Euro-region, but it only makes some calculation, no extra costs. And, if you find it complicated or so, you can always go to local shop and say: "I can get these things with this price from Germany..." The only sad thing is trhat the prices in EU seem to be still little bit higher than in the USA. Maybe because thin clients are not popular enough here on the old continent? Greets, Mikko from Finland ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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
