Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-23 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012-06-22, Michał Markowski markows...@gmail.com wrote: I can recommend this one: http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hp/t5135/index.shtml Other HP thin clients should be ok as well. They don't appear to be cheap enough to counteract the fact that performance/spec is probably best described

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-23 Thread Michał Markowski
2012/6/23 Stuart Henderson s...@spacehopper.org: They don't appear to be cheap enough to counteract the fact that performance/spec is probably best described as optimized for running as a terminal service client, looks like something a bit newer like an eee box is only a little more expensive

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-23 Thread Peter
On 2012-06-22, Michał Markowski markows...@gmail.com wrote: I can recommend this one: http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hp/t5135/index.shtml Other HP thin clients should be ok as well. They don't appear to be cheap enough to counteract the fact that performance/spec is probably best described

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-23 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012-06-23, Peter open...@laufenberg.ch wrote: On 2012-06-22, Michał Markowski markows...@gmail.com wrote: I can recommend this one: http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hp/t5135/index.shtml Other HP thin clients should be ok as well. They don't appear to be cheap enough to counteract the fact

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-23 Thread Ben Calvert
Optiplexes have a reputation for spontaneously letting the magic smoke out of their own power supply capacitors. hard to recommend unless you have a good support deal with dell On Jun 23, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Stuart Henderson s...@spacehopper.org wrote: On 2012-06-23, Peter

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-23 Thread Tomas Bodzar
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Michał Markowski markows...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/6/23 Stuart Henderson s...@spacehopper.org: They don't appear to be cheap enough to counteract the fact that performance/spec is probably best described as optimized for running as a terminal service client,

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-23 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012/06/23 11:02, Ben Calvert wrote: Optiplexes have a reputation for spontaneously letting the magic smoke out of their own power supply capacitors. hard to recommend unless you have a good support deal with dell Knowing which way round to hold a soldering iron is a useful skill if

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-23 Thread James Shupe
On 06/23/2012 01:12 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2012/06/23 11:02, Ben Calvert wrote: Optiplexes have a reputation for spontaneously letting the magic smoke out of their own power supply capacitors. hard to recommend unless you have a good support deal with dell Knowing which way round to

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-23 Thread Michael Lechtermann
On 23.06.12 20:12, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2012/06/23 11:02, Ben Calvert wrote: Optiplexes have a reputation for spontaneously letting the magic smoke out of their own power supply capacitors. hard to recommend unless you have a good support deal with dell Knowing which way round to

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-23 Thread Kevin Chadwick
Optiplexes have a reputation for spontaneously letting the magic smoke out of their own power supply capacitors. hard to recommend unless you have a good support deal with dell Knowing which way round to hold a soldering iron is a useful skill if you're dealing with cheap hardware :)

Hardware/System Question

2012-06-22 Thread Opie
Hi,   I'm looking for a small system that I can run ftp, web, personal mail and maybe a build enviroment.  I say small system only due to space requirements.  A normal desktop computer or small would work well.  This is one that I was looking at but not sure if it would be i386 since it is an

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-22 Thread Tomas Bodzar
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Opie f3n1x2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi,   I'm looking for a small system that I can run ftp, web, personal mail and maybe a build enviroment.  I say small system only due to space requirements. A normal desktop computer or small would work well.  This is one that

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-22 Thread Peter Laufenberg
  I'm looking for a small system that I can run ftp, web, personal mail and maybe a build enviroment.  I say small system only due to space requirements.  A normal desktop computer or small would work well.  This is one that I was looking at but not sure if it would be i386 since it is an embedded

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-22 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Opie f3n1x2...@yahoo.com wrote:   I'm looking for a small system that I can run ftp, web, personal mail and maybe a build enviroment.  I say small system only due to space requirements.  A normal desktop computer or small would work well.  This is one that I was looking at but not sure if it

Re: Hardware/System Question

2012-06-22 Thread Michał Markowski
I can recommend this one: http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hp/t5135/index.shtml Other HP thin clients should be ok as well. -- Michał Markowski