On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Scott Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > with the awareness that the # of PCs in my house will eventually grow to > 3-5, i became interesed in server-based computing a couple of years ago.
I've been thinking about this as well. I have a media pc that vastly outstrips any other computer in the house in pretty much every respect (by virtue of being 3+ years newer), but it generally drives the tv, and isn't in an ideal location for doing things like software development (and some games would be better with an actual desk). I'd like to set up a second terminal in my office (~30ft away from the tv), with essentially full hardware acceleration / peripheral capabilities at both locations. At one point I may have been able to do the calculations to determine if it's physically possible to have cables that long and still have low enough latency to actually make this feasible, but those days are long past... Does anyone have ideas / suggestions? It seems like a waste to have two computers when I really only need one... Finding a way to get my laptop to sync with everything in the background when I'm in range of my wireless AP would also be very cool :) --Rogan > > apart from the convenience of access to several operating systems, i think > it's a very elegant way to reduce eventual garbage and, depending on the > involved users' habits, could reduce power consumption by a fair amount. > > extending this, i could envision, say, an apartment complex housing a large > scale of such a system and charging a fee to tenants who wish to access it. > The need for someone 'owning" a pc would go away, maybe? > > does anyone have any experience in setting up a "home" version OR have an > interest in working together to build a test model? > > -scott > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
