RE: Some fodder for marketing, perhaps

Couple of hundred, tops. And they sit in dusty, dirty environments and just
run and run. NO WAY any normal PC is going to do that. I know this for a
fact. We HAVE and a UPS PC in an office in most of these areas and these
things are having constant problems; CD drives quit working, ditto for
diskette drives (although they aren't used much), over heating, etc. But
that is one device doing that. They are 4 or more terminals in these same
offices and the same number right outside of them that just run and run and
run. I cannot IMAGINE the support nightmare I would have if they were all
PC's...

Chuck

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Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 12:45 PM
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Subject: RE: Some fodder for marketing, perhaps

It's been years since I priced a dumb terminal.  Just out of curiosity, what
do they go for these days? If you can get a good basic PC for under $400, I
can't imagine why you'd want to spend more than that on a dumb terminal.