backup & low downtime for home network

[Christopher Browne]

On Dec 6, 2007 3:19 AM, Robert Brockway <robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Christopher Browne wrote:
> > The problem I have always had with the "thin client" approach is much
> > the same as my problem with automobile leasing.
>
> Hi Chris.  I'm not sure I see this as a good analogy :)

Well, it was, in the old days, and I've seen enough "purty expensive
thin clients" even pretty lately that it hasn't been a bad fit for
terribly long...

> But those days are gone.  These days a cheap/old PC will make a wonderful
> thin client.  True thin clients can be had for a low price.

> The thin client currently on my desk was USD279.  Dedicated thin clients
> can easily be had for half this price.  This one came from
> www.disklessworkstations.com (which I have no affiliation with except
> being a customer).

They're not *too* far away, in Michigan...  That's encouraging.

> > It just feels like an insult to buy something that's smaller *and less
> > featureful* and pay quite a bit more for it.
>
> Chris, you don't.  Not anymore.  Not for a long time.  You pay less for a
> thin client and get a lot of advantages in to the bargain.

I'd like to see them on College St ;-).  If they were actually getting
heavily sold (as would happen, if they were being sold by Toronto's
"grey market"), the prices would be lower still.

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