[KLUG Members] NADs Anyone? (Network Attached Displays)

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > Unlike the rest of us, Adam actually has a budget for buying stuff! 

:)

> > Maybe a Mac mini?
> some of those mini-ITX boards aren't actually all that expensive. For 
> this task, building a mini machine with a mini-ITX board and a cheap 
> 3.5" hard drive would probably be cheaper than the Mac mini. Not that 
> I'm against the idea of a Mac mini (hell, I'm a Macintosh Zealot), but 
> for just something to drive a display, I'm thinking that the system 
> doesn't have to have too much oomph...

Does anyone sell such a thing assembled?

> A mini ITX board can be had for less than $200 (and that's a brand new 
> 1Ghz board with processor, integrated video and whatnot), and I'm 
> imagining that a hard drive large enough for this application could be 
> had for nothing or next to nothing. The display could be a cheap flat 
> panel display that everybody seems to have nowadays.

It just needs to be able to boot, etc... and all without a mouse,
keyboards and other silly PC bits. 

> enclosing it all in something that would look nice on a wall would just 
> require some carpentry skills...

Mounting is not my job - that's extension 3821!
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