[THIN] Re: Thin Client Replacement
- From: "Tore Hansen" <tore.hansen@xxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:44:57 +0200
----- anyone tried the www.thinstation.org - a small linux thin client
sw, with DiskOnModule or PXE boot.
Tore H
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Claudio Rodrigues
Sent: 25. juni 2004 17:52
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin Client Replacement
What I mean is instead of buying Thin Clients you can get a very small
PC using a VIA or Geode processor (that has no fans at all) and use a
DoM instead of a Hard Disk.
This will give you exactly the same as a Thin Client but at a lower cost
and without any firmware issues.
You can have this very small, as small as any normal Thin Client.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jeff Malczewski
Sent: June 25, 2004 11:41 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin Client Replacement
I agree that doing this on a PC isn't very practical, just removing the
power supply fan would significantly shorten the life-span of a PC. The
WinTerms have external power supplies, so they are fed DC power right
from
the power jack on them. And, they're WAY small. Like I said in my
other
post, the WinTerms we use have optional mounting brackets (I think they
were
like $8 ea) to mount them directly to the back of a monitor. Cuts down
on
them being stolen, too.. Because you know some Luser is going to think
it's
just a new-fangled super-small computer and want to put it in his pocket
and
take it home.. When he realizes it doesn't do anything, do you REALLY
think
he's going to bring it back??
-----Original Message-----
From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:27 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin Client Replacement
Presumably, you'd have to remove the hard-drive and use something
solid-state.
Plus remove any fans - which may not be possible with certain CPUs or
other circuitry (eg video cards).
(you did say "no moving parts on them at all")
Neil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claudio Rodrigues
> Sent: 25 June 2004 16:05
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin Client Replacement
>
> What you can also do on PCs, getting no moving parts on them
> at all. With the current prices on PCs, we are simply using
> PC hardware and turning them into Thin Clients with no moving
> parts at all. This will probably cost you 30-40% less than a
> Thin Client. And it is upgradeable, managed from a central
> location etc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Malczewski
> Sent: June 25, 2004 10:27 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin Client Replacement
>
> We still haven't changed most of our PCs over to thin clients
> yet.. I just removed all the M$ networking, and left them
> with a plain old TCP/IP stack, and then modified system.ini
> so that mstsc.exe is the shell instead of explorer.exe..
> Now, the machines boot and launch the RDP client
> immediately.. Just like a thin client, without the expense
> of replacing something we already own..
>
> As the PCs break down, they are replaced with WinTerms.
>
> Our other facility was built ground-up with WinTerms. They
> are currently just over 2 years old, and we have no current
> plans for replacement, other than broken ones. They work
> much longer than PCs do because there's no moving parts (not
> even a fan!).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Smith [mailto:nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 10:08 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Thin Client Replacement
>
> Do you guys have a hardware Thin Client replacement strategy?
> Say, for PCs, every 3 years? Or do the Thin Clients just go
> on working more or less forever?
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