Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 10:07:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> To: "Roger P. Johnson" <rjohnson@hirshfields.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Want to use FreeBSD as a thin client - what's the smallest foot print PC I can get ? Message-ID: <20020524100220.E69698-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com> In-Reply-To: <3CEE597F.7020007@hirshfields.com>
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Take a look at the SV25... it's about 7" x 7" x 9" or something close. http://www.shuttleonline.com/spec.php3?model=sv25 Also if you search google for "SV25" you'll find some reviews that were pretty good. We've got one running FreeBSD just fine... however, the next one we got had a bad floppy controller (guessing since nothing I did made any floppy drive/cable combo work). So I'm one for one I guess, but I do like the one we have... You can get them from mwave.com for $250. We have a 20gb drive, 128mb of ram so it came to like $400 or something... Space is pretty tight in the SV25. There's room for one PCI card... everything does fit, but you might want to get those round cables instead of the ribbon ones. And it's pretty loud. A bit louder than a normal desktop, but quieter than a beefy server with lots of fans... but loud enough that you wouldn't want it on your desk... We're also trying out this box: http://www.nexcom.com/product/ebc/ebs1563/ You can get it with both Intel NIC's or Realtek NICs. It requires a 2.5" drive though... but it is *tiny*. Don't have it yet so can't comment if any of it actually works :) The box (which includes a CPU, but no ram or drive) is about $650. -philip On Fri, 24 May 2002, Roger P. Johnson wrote: > I am looking at deploying some thin clients. But the prices for them are > pretty high for what you get IMHO. Don't want CE. Looked at some Linux > Thin clients but wasn't to impressed (Neoware Eon 4000, MaxSpeed 3300, > Wyse 5440XL). > > The only good thing going about thin clients is that there is no hard > disk in them. > > I see the Compaq D600 Series starts at $630.00 list price. But I am > forced to buy it with XP (ugh!) that I will never use. I was thinking if > I could buy something with a ultra-slim form factor (without Microsoft > hopefully) I'ld have maximum flexibility and try putting FreeBSD on it > and use it a a thin client. > > > Is anyone else using ultra-slim PC's for this??? Don't want no big > honking PC chassis stuff! > > Thanks > -Roger > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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