Le mercredi 28 juin 2006 à 18:17 +0100, Dieter a écrit :
> > > As a consumer, I don´t bother to understand what´s a thin-client (X
> > > terminal or Video Network Computing) but I would be happy to have less
> > > different kind of cable to manage, and so I would want to find a flat
> > > monitor enhanced by a graphic card inside. Maybe connected to my PC with
> > > an USB cable or a Firewire or an Ethernet cable, or wirelessly.
> 
> USB and Firewire both have severe distance limitations.  Wireless is 
> unreliable,
> adds security concerns/hassles, and adds cost.  The obvious choice is wired
> Ethernet.  Inexpensive, can use very long cables, most computers already have 
> it,
> reliable.  Users who really want wireless can plug in an Ethernet-to-wireless
> adapter.
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> You put keyboard and mouse ports on the X-video-server.  The "big" decision
> here is PS/2 or USB?
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> Unix kernels have been talking to X-terminals that have keyboards and mice
> for 20 years.  Not a problem.
> 
> > Since we don't make flat panel displays, this would need to be in a 
> > small flat enclosure that could be velcroed to the back of the display.
> 
> That's one option, and probably a good one.
> 
> Another option is the "pizza box" form factor.  
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That seems good, though, the pizza box form factor doesn´t present less
cable than usual, that add an Ethernet cable indeed (I suppose that the
box is connected to the monitor with a VGA or DVI cable, right ?)
And finally, this is an X-terminal or like a thin-client.

So, as a consumer, I will tell my wish in an other way : why the
graphical card should have to stay in the PC ? Why doesn´t one put it
directly inside the monitor ? Does this way require an X-server on the
g-card ? Does the graphical card in my PC run a x-server ?

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