[geeks] Netra X1

Big Endian bigendian at mac.com
Wed Apr 3 15:42:49 CST 2002


>On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 04:32:54PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>  On April 3, Big Endian wrote:
>>  > I needed a box to do a single purpose MySQL database.  (looking up
>>  > zip+4 from address).  Needed it on the cheap and so we bought an X1.
>>  > I must say *DAMN* that thing is nice.  The IDE performance issues
>>  > that the U5/10 had are non existant.  I was expecting something quick
>>  > and dirty, but I'm impressed.  These things *STOMP* the entry level
>>  > Dell boxes we have.  Does anybody know how well these are selling?
>>
>>    I've got two of those running my video stuff.  They work very, very
>>  well and are quite zippy.  I have no idea how well they're selling,
>>  though.  At $1K/ea with online purchasing, I'd imagine they'd sell
>>  pretty well, if they've done any advertising at all.
>
>What are you using to get video into those machines?  USB devices or a PCI
>capture card?

No slots in an X1 so its either USB or Network.

daniel
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