Dell Optiplex SX280 SFF with LTSP?

[David Groos]

Hi John,

Last year in my classroom I used a set of 18 Pentium III, 933 MHz machines
with 256, 384 or 512 MB RAM.  They worked pretty well as thin clients with
Hardy.  However, since I'm now using LocalApps with Jaunty I've updated to
older Pentium IV's.  On this
page<http://groosd.blogspot.com/search/label/computer_embedded_tables?max-results=100>you
can see one of the project volunteer sitting at the tables we built in
which the thin clients are embedded.  Also, at the bottom of this
page<http://plonedev.mpls.k12.mn.us/gcos>there's some more info on our
setup (the site is currently messed and will
fix when I get a breather).  Best of luck!

David

PS my experience is that 512 RAM is plenty on a thin client to run run
Firefox and CmapTools simultaneously even as localapps!


On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:51 PM, john <lists.john at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Farid,
>
> That's very useful!
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Farid Ansari <ansari.farid at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> > I have a Dell GX 280 in small form and I am using a 3.0 Intel Processor
> with
> > 4 GB DDR II. This machine works great, even better then my  Dell Vostro
> 1500
> > laptop which came with the dreadful Vista.
> > In the 280 I have 3 Oses, Win XP, Windows 7 starter and Ubuntu 9.10.
> > The built-in display is 128 mb which is sufficient for all systems.
> > In my opinion the Dell 280 will be a good choice amongst all small form
> > older machines.
> > Cheers,
> > Farid,
> > Karachi, Pakistan
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM, john <lists.john at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> We're thinking about upgrading some of our thin clients to a used
> >> small form factor computer
> >> with 1G ram and better the 2Ghz processor. We're thinking about Dell
> >> Optiplex SX280 sff
> >> computers which ebay has in lots of 10 for around $150 per. The only
> >> thing I see that I am not
> >> wild about right now is the external power brick. But I also wonder
> >> how sound works with LTSP etc.
> >>
> >> I was wondering if anyone had any advice about this particular
> >> computer or has another favorite
> >> small form factor that can be bought cheaply used and in decently
> >> large lots (10 or more).
> >>
> >> Thanks for any ideas you have!
> >>
> >> John
> >>
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