Unfortunately, it wasn't just less glitzy. Besides being in an out-of-the-way part of the show, the whole thing was also too small to really get a good look at anything if anyone was in front of you at the booth. I was there yesterday with my boss, his boss, and another colleague. They were really interested in getting a look and some information about Linux, but and none of them really came away from the pavilion knowing much more about it than they had already heard in industry magazines. Luckily the head of our department is an old Unix guy, so we will be setting up some Linux boxes anyway. Plus I've been talking about what Linux can do for awhile now.:-) But that decision is in spite of the presentation at the show.
To address the issues of wood expandsion/contraction and also noise, would an inch-and-a-half to two-inch corkboard make sense to attach the motherboard to, on top of a metal sheet or some foil? Don't know if this would be a problem as far as EMI/RFI--just a thought, though.
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Unfortunately, it wasn't just less glitzy. Besides being in an out-of-the-way part of the show, the whole thing was also too small to really get a good look at anything if anyone was in front of you at the booth. I was there yesterday with my boss, his boss, and another colleague. They were really interested in getting a look and some information about Linux, but and none of them really came away from the pavilion knowing much more about it than they had already heard in industry magazines. Luckily the head of our department is an old Unix guy, so we will be setting up some Linux boxes anyway. Plus I've been talking about what Linux can do for awhile now. :-) But that decision is in spite of the presentation at the show.
To address the issues of wood expandsion/contraction and also noise, would an inch-and-a-half to two-inch corkboard make sense to attach the motherboard to, on top of a metal sheet or some foil? Don't know if this would be a problem as far as EMI/RFI--just a thought, though.