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Old 14th July 2008
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Originally Posted by ai-danno View Post
$319...
Slightly off topic given that the OP is wanting to look for desktop alternatives, but for a dedicated-purpose system, Alix2C3 motherboards are running ~$137US & with very simple cases running less than ~$20US. Given that these motherboards have three network interfaces, a redundant CARP fail-over configuration between two systems could be realized for roughly $400US.

http://www.mini-box.com/Alix-2B-Boar...8&category=754

For followers of misc@ & undeadly, Alix boards hail from PC Engines in Switzerland, & has gotten quite a bit of attention from Marc Balmer. This may be a worthy (& cheaper...) contender to Soekris.

FWIW.

Last edited by ocicat; 14th July 2008 at 06:35 AM.
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