[Publib] catalog kiosk hardware?

[Sharon Foster]

Short of building it yourself from an enclosure, a motherboard, a
power supply, and components, I'd start at the local computer hardware
storefront and tell them what you need--memory, hard drive, CD drive
(?), network interface, etc.

Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
Librarians bring order out of chaos.
http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/






On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Ben Haines<bhaines at fppl.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Right now our library has several catalog-only computers running on the
> same hardware as the public access PC's.  It seems like overkill,
> though. Does a PC that's only ever running a web browser really need a
> DVD writer? Plus, a smaller machine would fit on smaller furniture,
> which would give us more options for space design.
>
> Can anyone recommend good hardware to use as a catalog kiosk? The catch
> is that, for various reasons, the machines need to be running Windows,
> so a tiny purpose built Linux box isn't an option.
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Ben Haines
> Reference/Technology Librarian
> Forest Park Public Library
> bhaines at fppl.org
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