[Gllug] Viglen MPC-L

[David Power]

> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:16:45 +0100
> From: Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org>
> Subject: [Gllug] Viglen MPC-L
> To: Greater London Linux Users Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
> Message-ID: <20080812091645.GA16294 at annexia.org>
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> Anyone has / tried one?
> 
> http://www.viglen.co.uk/viglen/Products_Services/Product_Range/Product_f
> ile.aspx?Type_Info=Description&eCode=XUBUMPCL&Type=Desktops&GUID=
> 
> Rich.


Hey Rich,

I've tested and played with one or two of them here, they're not quite up to the challenge of openoffice or any sorts of gaming (chassis not exactly designed for multiple SLI cards...) but they are just fine for many other purposes such as web browsing, remote terminal access, light weight user apps

We're also testing the systems out without hd's (no rotating parts at all, very quite, very low power), pxebooting them off a ltsp configured server and using them as thin clients (for which they're working quite well)

For an unbiased opinion on them, some folks at ubuntu recently did a podcast which had a review of this system:
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/07/31/s01e11-blowin-in-the-wind/ 

#-[shameless sales pitch]

If anyone is interested, there going for £79 (inc vat + del), get in touch with mpc at viglen.co.uk 
 
-dp

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