Semi-OT: Apple iPad

[Doc]

   I know they're a bit bigger than an iPad, but used POS/industrial 
systems regularly show up on the surplus PC sites.  My company recently 
bought several P4-based units that have a 17" touchscreen monitor, 512MB 
or 1GB memory, 200GB-ish hard drives, and standard-form-factor mini-ITX 
boards for less than $100/each.  Wired ethernet, 802.11G, and 
kbd/mouse/USB/external display connections.  The whole  unit is about 
18" x 13" x 3.5".

   I tried to order one to use in my shop for reading manuals, 
displaying design drawings and measurements, googling problems, and 
listening to iTunes, but the site had already sold out.


	Doc Shipley


Zane H. Healy wrote:
> I'm not in a hurry either.  It was an idea that popped into my head, and I
> wanted to now how well it would work.  While it would be nice to use a
> device of its formfactor for this purpose, this thread has pretty much
> convinced me against this.  I'll be looking into setting up either the SGI
> O2, or a Sun Workstation for this purpose assuming my remaining SVGA CRT
> still works.  If not I might start looking locally for a used LCD (I'm
> likely going to do that anyway as I could use one or two).
> 
> Zane