[geeks] Apple/Intel another (pre | per )ceptive article

[Joshua Boyd]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 09:44:07PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 08:47:34PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> >     "Note: For server use only; CANNOT BE USED AS A DESKTOP.  Dell does
> >     not support the use of a graphics card on the SC420."
> > What does that mean?  It will run headless?  
> 
> This means that they've modified the PCI-E slot on it so that you can't
> install a "regular" graphics card, and have to use the onboard video.  From
> all reports I've seen, you can use a Dremel carefully, file out the little
> piece of plastic that stops a normal PCI-E video card from going in, and
> bypass the onboard video.

Drat.  I'd been hoping that meant it had a serial console.

I have three PCs in my office that support that, and while clunky, it is
still a significant improvement over having to KVM everything.
 
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