[GLLUG] Laptops for lounge?

[David Singer]

I think netbook/small laptop prices will drop very fast as well.
Rumour has it Google will be giving them away for free in the next
year with there new OS which will likely drive down prices.

David

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Richard Houser
<rick at divinesymphony.net> wrote:
> The price does seem high, though.  Some of the netbooks were going for
> something like $150ish Friday.  The last time I saw old notebooks for
> sale (high P2 at the time, but P4s were semi-new), they were something
> like $60 bucks with a license for XP and an old copy of MS Office.
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Charles Ulrich <charles at bityard.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 05:29 -0800, David Singer wrote:
>>> that seems high to me. I wonder if you couldn't do better used on
>>> ebay. at least something in the p4 range. last thing you want people
>>> to think is linux is slow and a modern linux install on a p3 is slow
>>
>> The traditional GLLUG Way has been to run a terminal server on some
>> reasonably powerful hardware and connect users to it through thin
>> clients. The only things you really need on the client side is the
>> ability to netboot and run an X session. Older hardware is perfect for
>> this. It's a great way to deploy a dozen (or more) modern Linux desktops
>> on the cheap.
>>
>> Charles
>>
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