I have had to deploy workstations in this way before, here is what I
recommend:

option 1: If you are doing simple web browsing and word processing, create
a CD with Ubuntu (you don't even need a hard drive in the computer.

option 2: If you need simple web browsing and word processing, but with a
fimiliar  enviroment use WindowsXP with Deep Freeze (the defacto standard
in computer imaging) or Libki if you need reservation functionality.

Mac Mini's are too expensive to be implemented cheaply (even with apple
nonprofit discounts) and they are a Pain to manage! You could do 5 $100 Low
Power Boxes (build them yourself), All in all to deploy 30 stations it
would be about $5000 (with software licenses), Mac Minis of the same?
$18000+ (don't forget Windows Licenses about another $1500!)

Macs are cool but maybe you should consider 2-3 Macs with the rest being
PCs.



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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Cornel Darden Jr. <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The issue at public terminals is being able to switch between operating
> systems with out having to reboot. To my knowledge refit nor boot camp
> offers this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cornel Darden Jr.
> MSLIS
> Librarian
> Kennedy-King College
> City Colleges of Chicago
> Work 773-602-5449
> Cell 708-705-2945
>
> > On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:57:21AM -0400, Nate Hill wrote:
> >> Is anyone on the list using mac computers and bootcamp or some other
> >> partition to offer public access to either a mac or windows environment
> for
> >> their users?  This seems like ti could be a pretty cool option to
> present
> >> folks with.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts on the matter?  I'm trying to figure out what to replace
> our
> >> public computers with here in Chattanooga.  Obviously I want them to be
> >> both inexpensive and awesome.
> >
> > I forgot to mention ReFit [0] (now defunct but should still work) and/or
> ReFind which is recommended at their Website.
> >
> > This will allow a user to select which OS to boot after POST.
> >
> > ./fxk
> >
> > [0] http://refit.sourceforge.net/
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Nate Hill
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> >> http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.org/
> >> http://www.natehill.net
> >
> > --
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