I'm no expert, just my opinion (shout of I say anything wrong here please...)
I'm a little way into an LTSP project myself. It's going very well. I decided early on to get a bunch of PCI video cards, and perhaps a bunch of networks cards (to make configuration a dream). The video card is the crux of it in my opinion. It's very _handy_ to have the same NIC's but not important to be honest. I
Fast network cards are cheap, though you might find a minimum order quantity from some places...
bought some 4mb and 8mb SIS Sparkle video cards and
Our oldest machines, which are gateway P75 don't appear to agree with SIS video cards. (One even goes as far as to object to RTL8139 network cards.)
FYI, you can pick up a cheap (cheap in both senses of the word) 14" TFT in PCWorld for about �180 (exc). So with an old box, and a new graphics card, you can build a TFT flatscreen workstation for �200. I like the sound of that.
Considering the way our kids treat screens I'm far from convinced that TFT monitors are a good idea.
<whisper> but a CRT is of course fine </whisper>
I've had very positive LTSP experience so far. I think it's fantastic. And it's _so_ easy to administer the network (read server) once it's set up.
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