Re: [help] 1 cpu to rule them all

From: peter (peter_at_nomalarky.net)
Date: 07/11/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:06:18 -0600

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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