On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:33:02 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ 7 on Friday 25 January 2008 20:10 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> HP unveils thin clients fat enough to run native apps
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The only difference is in the operating system and the price: the HP
>>> | Compaq t5375 with Debian Linux 4.0 costs £302, excluding VAT, while the
>>> | Windows XP Embedded-based t5370 costs £432, excluding VAT.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39292381,00.htm
>>>
>>> That's just price. Stability, security and features are also on Linux's
>>> side.
>>
>> I'm a little surprised by that.
>> The cost of a super strength AMD 3600 Acer business PC is 135 pounds
>> from ebuyer inc vat. 22 inch Monitor 140 inc vat. Total
>> is 275. If you go for Esys and smaller 17" screen, you could be
>> down to 210 pounds inc vat.
>
> Yes, but there are always a few CIOs out there who are naive enough to go by
> brand and make use of the budgets heartlessly. My 'unbranded' eSys box has
> been running non-stop for /years/ without any hardware faults.
A few?
It's WAY more than few.
Executives take the safe road because these days being a renegade does
nothing for them.
|
|
