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. <a href="http://groosd.blogspot.com/search/label/computer_embedded_tables?max-results=100">On this page</a> 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 <a href="http://plonedev.mpls.k12.mn.us/gcos">of this page</a> 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! <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:51 PM, john <<a href="mailto:lists.john@gmail.com">lists.john@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks Farid, That's very useful! Cheers, John On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Farid Ansari <<a href="mailto:ansari.farid@gmail.com">ansari.farid@gmail.com</a>> 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 <div><div></div><div class="h5">> > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM, john <<a href="mailto:lists.john@gmail.com">lists.john@gmail.com</a>> 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 >> >> -- >> edubuntu-users mailing list >> <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users</a> > > -- edubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>