____/ 7 on Friday 25 January 2008 20:10 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> HP unveils thin clients fat enough to run native apps
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>> | 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.
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>> 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.
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