Re: [help] 1 cpu to rule them all
From: michel (no_at_spam.please)
Date: 07/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:43:16 +0200
so does windows 2000........
Terminal services is your friend, but it'll cost you money on licenses.
Michel
"Nathan McNulty" <525676@betaweb.com> wrote in message
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> Not necessarily. Windows XP allows for multiple users to be connected to
> the same machine at the same time under different profiles and each can
> do tasks of their own. Also, there are video cards that support 3
> monitors each and you could just get two PCI video cards that support 3
> monitors each to handle 6 users at a time. As for the motherboard
> controlling all of those input devices such as mice and keyboards, it is
> possible to have multiple mice and keyboards in Windows XP. All that
> needs to be done is to assign each one to a different hardware/user
> profile. This will be similar to mainframe computers that support
> multiple users at a time.
>
> Nathan McNulty
>
> peter wrote:
>
> > 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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