[KLUG Members] Informal Survey

[members@kalamazoolinux.org]

>This past weekend I sold off a bunch of my older train stuff to upgrade
>my computer. I't presently a PII-233 w/ 128mb of ram. I'm fixing to take it
>home and turn it into an LTSP server w/ 3 maybe 4 workstations. Obviously, a 
>233 aint gonna cut it. 

Worth a try if RAM is cheap.

I still power my home net ltsps with a dual PII-300 w/25Mb.  Works just fine, 
multiple users rarely notice other peoples load.

>on package2you.com they have got a nice IBM Intellistation PII-450 DUEL
>cpu system w/ SCSI 9g and 128mb of ram for $179. I still need to buy the 2nd 
>cpu ($40) so that's not an issue. That gives me basically 900 mhz of speed.

That would rock.  SCSI makes a big difference,  I'd just add more RAM.

>OR am I better off getting a single 1gig system.

I prefer dual, with multiple users performance may not be as "fast" but it 
feels much more constant/steady.

>This is where my question comes in.
>What are you guys using at home? CPU speed / FSB bus speed?

I just told you.

The only thing that is a little annoying is that saving my LDAP presentation 
takes almost a minute,  but everything else (spreadsheets, evo, galeon) is 
snappy.