[THIN] Re: Dell almost does thin
- From: Tom Howarth <tom.howarth@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:33:00 +0000
this sound's more like Oracle's and Suns vision for a Network computer
than a thin client. just imagine the network traffic at 9am on a
monday with every body hitting the download server to get their OS, I
tried the IBM netstations and found that they took an absolute age to
boot. and that was with 10 clients on a 100mb lan with the boot server
on the same segment. upto 10 minutes if all the machines were booted
at once, Dell Still don't get it.
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:12:57 -0000, Nick Smith <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ummm...quote from the Dell site:
>
> A Diskless ThinPC offers all of the features of the ThinPC without
> sacrificing performance and is ideal for companies who desire maximum
> administrator control. Using Century's Diskless PIXIL Linux or Venturcom's
> BXP software solution (for Microsoft Windows clients), a Diskless ThinPC is
> configured with no hard disk drive and boots to a server/controller. Through
> the network connection, Diskless ThinPCs can support local peripherals and
> can run software applications on the local CPU or on the server.
>
> Doesn't *look* like you have to buy a HDD...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Shrewsbury [mailto:MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tue 14/12/2004 19:37
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc:
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Dell almost does thin
>
> I don't think Dell has the slightest clue what thin is. Also you have
> to buy a HD even if you don't use it. I assume you still have all the normal
> moving parts that cause PCs to fail. Anyone using something like this?
>
> Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA
>
> Network Administrator
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Evan Mann
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:24 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Dell almost does thin
>
> Those SX280's are baiclaly full blown OptiPlex GX280's in a smaller
> case. It's really a fat hardware client.
>
> _____
>
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Matthew Shrewsbury
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:15 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Dell almost does thin
>
> Does anyone know of or tried Dell ThinPC?
>
> http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/solutions/en/thinpc
>
> Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA
>
> Network Administrator
>
>
>
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Tom at home
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