As far as physical space goes, an actual computer case can get pretty small...My curiosity was piqued with Linux especially becasue I could simply run X over my network here @ home, no need for a video card even. Hell, if I weren't runnig a scsi system, a bare-bones install would only require a motherboard, cpu (celeron), and an HD...maybe a cdrom..hell, even that and the HD could be done away with if you run it through NFS (am I stretching it here? ;).
trust me, I know what it's like to be 'po (UCLA, need I say more)....I thikn though, that for me learning how to use *nix is far more profitable in the long run (read: it's good on a resume). -lev On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Kent West wrote: > Lev Lvovsky wrote: > > the question is tho, other than electricity consumption, what's so wrong > > with running more than one computer? > > 1) Up-front cash outlay for the second computer (important to poor folks > like myself) > 2) Physical desk space. > Other than that, I'm all in favor of having two or three computers > running at the same time. > > Just my 1 cent (I'm too poor to pay attention, much less give away 2 > cents) :) >
