On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 04:09:19PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > >Andrew Sackville-West writes: > >>well, if you've got the processing power, why not? surely 1 box with > >>heavy duty hardware is cheaper power-wise than two less powerful > >>boxes. And if you're second user is an intermittent, low-power user > >>(browsing, email) it could probably work pretty well. > > > >Probably cheaper yet (and certainly simpler) is one "heavy duty" box and a > >cheap (perhaps diskless) box as an X terminal. > > Actually I was after cheap *and* portable, commuting between two places > with a laptop, both places having an extra monitor/keybd/mouse, since > there would always be two of us. > > The difference between 2 laptops or 2 monitors, etc. and 1 laptop might > not be all that significant. > Hi H, I had a thought: some of the new micro-atx systems like the shuttle xp? shuttle,2 mice, 2 14" lcds, 2 kbds. about $700-800?(a guess). Small, somewhat portable. Cheaper than a laptop but not able to be used on the go (like in an airport). Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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