Hi Jono, I'm using HP t5710 thin clients running SlimCD (after wiping Windows XP embedded) which are very similar to the NTAVO units. The devices I'm using have 256MB RAM and 256MB Flash ROM and a Transmeta CPU. It works OK and was fun to do; performance is OK for streaming music (averages about 4% CPU) but the web interface on the console is very slow and pegs the CPU at 100% for ages. It is fanless and dead silent though the USB Seagate drive attached to it hums a bit.
The SlimCD install requires at least 128MB CF, and I doubt you could get it to run at all with 128MB RAM, so realistically you would be looking at the more expensive NTAVO unit. An entry level notebook wouldn't cost much more and would be more useful (built-in monitor). If I did it over again I would go for a cheap notebook instead. Hope this helps, Steve. _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
