a bunch of random thoughts Let's say i've got nothing. 4 x $300 (1pc per user) = $1200. Upgrade in 3 yrs (reasonable, right?) is another 1200. old sunray on ebay=$50-$100, plus therels little reason to upgrade in 3 yrs.
Another reason: less waste mass. Also, our 1 desktop stays on more and more as we find new ways to use it (like Rogan's, ours is a media server). There's gotta be some energy benefit in several users tapping into one machine. I may use my cad station to it's potential something like 5 percent of the time...same thing, why not tap into it the rest of the time since i've already paid for it? os: if every user wanted access to say, ubuntu, solaris, windows, osx, then I would have to set up each unit and jack around with the quirks specific to the unit, OR each unit would have to run well enough to handle guest os. more thoughts later --- Original Message --- From:"Kyle Mulka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent:Tue 11-4-08 12:54 pm To:[email protected] Subj:[saturdayhouse] Re: server-based computing You would still need some sort of device to interact with, right? You would need a monitor, speakers, keyboard, and mouse, right? Or were you thinking you would share those with your neighbors? If you need all those anyway, why not go the little extra step of having a computer? Laptops are full computers, aren't they? I, for example, couldn't live without my laptop. If you need more storage, or processing power, then, yea, using a server in addition to your regular computer would be the way to go. I personally use a Drobo for extra storage: http://drobo.com I don't generally need more processing power than my single computer can handle. But, if I do, it would make sense to do it "in the cloud" as opposed to owning hardware myself. Also, maybe this is more of what you were thinking: http://g.ho.st I'm interested in hearing more about what you are thinking. -Kyle 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. > > 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 > > > > -- Kyle Mulka http://www.kylemulka.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
