Build Out of the New Office - Tech Side

BeerAd said:
Please explain further, laptops would be the best fit and like I said they can be completely craptastical
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the eeepc by asus is a tiny little laptop that ranges from $300-500 depending on stats and what OS you get with them. ($300 is leaning towards the linux OS I think, $400 for winXP home). I'm not sure how crippled they are compared to a normal laptop.

These things have like 2 or 4gb solid state harddrives so they run cool, quiet, and don't use alot of energy... and you're looking at like a 900mhz pentium so it's definitely not gonna run any huge applications. They don't come with cd-roms or anything but have USB ports so what more do you really need nowadays than a thumb drive? Anyways, you still might want to look into it. Might work perfectly for you.

http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm

also
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...eeepc&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1205537513457 (also check amazon, newegg, etc.).


Another option, if they all have a normal computer at their desk already, would be to get a KVM so they can use the same monitor and just switch to a little tiny dell machine or something.
 
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plot said:
the eeepc by asus is a tiny little laptop that ranges from $300-500 depending on stats and what OS you get with them. ($300 is leaning towards the linux OS I think, $400 for winXP home). I'm not sure how crippled they are compared to a normal laptop.

These things have like 2 or 4gb solid state harddrives so they run cool, quiet, and don't use alot of energy... and you're looking at like a 900mhz pentium so it's definitely not gonna run any huge applications. They don't come with cd-roms or anything but have USB ports so what more do you really need nowadays than a thumb drive? Anyways, you still might want to look into it. Might work perfectly for you.

http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm

also
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...eeepc&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1205537513457 (also check amazon, newegg, etc.).


Another option, if they all have a normal computer at their desk already, would be to get a KVM so they can use the same monitor and just switch to a little tiny dell machine or something.
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Thanks dude...

After reading what you wrote I looked into the EEE machines yesterday and even called Asus. Sadly I do not think a linux machine with 2gb hard drive will be what we want. Well it would be perfect but I just cant bring myself to buy a brand new laptop that has half the hard drive of my first win95 machine. I know, I know its not the same but still :eek:

Zac's link to the 20 computers on CL is what we are looking into now. I talked to the guy yesterday and he is just doing someone a favor so we can probably talk him down more. I also went and checked out the new office, we have much more room than I originally thought per station. Talking it over with the owner now
 
Well, if each cube has a monitor anyways you might still be able to get away with a KVM to avoid having a second monitor.


also that 2gb solid state harddrive EEEpc laptop means the thing will probably last forever. :p
 
plot said:
Well, if each cube has a monitor anyways you might still be able to get away with a KVM to avoid having a second monitor.


also that 2gb solid state harddrive EEEpc laptop means the thing will probably last forever. :p
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And slow as shit... Solid state drives suck ass, even the "high performance" ones right now.
 
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