Re: [help] 1 cpu to rule them all

From: D.Currie (dmbcurrie.nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/11/04

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    What you'd save in one-time hardware costs, you'd lose in productivity. Once
    user crashes the system and you've got everyone out of work until it gets
    fixed.

    "peter" <peter@nomalarky.net> wrote in message
    news:%23KaWlMuZEHA.228@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    > Wouldnt you also need 5 hard drives to hold 5 operating systems and the
    appriate
    > drivers for the video cards??Especially since you wish each user to have
    an
    > independent desktop. Lets see 5 HD x100.00 plus 5 video Cards x 100.00 + 5
    > operating systemsx100.00= $1500.00 or the cost of 4 cheap systems.Thats
    not even
    > mentioning the individual programs/mice/keyboards or the fact of where you
    are
    > going to find a MOBO that will support 5 PCI video cards plus other PCI
    devices
    > you might wish to add.
    > peter
    > "Bill Mazlar" <cookyourspam@your.home> wrote in message
    > news:2004071016195316807%cookyourspam@yourhome...
    > > The processor chips of most computers nowadays are somewhat overkill if
    > > all you need to use it for are non-intensive tasks like word processing
    > > and surfing the net. I'm interested in finding a way to have up to 5
    > > multiple users collectively harness the power of only a single computer
    > > to keep my hardware costs down. This would mean 1 cpu tower and input
    > > devices: 5 monitors, 5 keyboards, and 5 mice. As image quality could
    > > be a factor, I would probably opt for LCD screens with DVI rather than
    > > CRT and also take advantage of energy savings. Each user must have an
    > > independent desktop environment and of course, have access to the same
    > > database on the hard drive(s) installed on the system.
    > >
    > > With this setup, I could forgo the cost of purchasing a separate server
    > > computer for storage purposes and costs for buying more
    > > motherboards/processors than I would really need (though i suppose i
    > > would need to buy a whole bunch of graphics cards).
    > >
    > > I've searched the net far and wide but haven't found any products that
    > > do what I am looking for. Does anyone know if this is even possible
    > > with current hardware out there? Which platforms?
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > > --
    > >
    > > -Bill
    > >
    >
    >

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