R12 FND User password lock down

When making your R12 server available on-line you need to protect your FND user password.
This assumes that you have ONLY opened port 8000 for APPS login access.
For any other access I can only recommend to use VPN as a full OEL and RDBMS lock down is very complex.
I used the following script (use at your [...]

R12 on a HTPC

Want to access your R12 installation from a client site?
No problem – pick up the R12 installation described earlier and install the hard disk in a HTPC!
For the purpose I bought a Acer AspireRevo R3700 with the following relevant specifications:

Processor Intel® Atom D525 processor 1.8GHz
Memory 2GB DDR3 800MHz
Graphics NVIDIA ION graphics solution
Networking Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN [...]

R12 on two Laptops

So we have installed R12 on a external USB hard disk according to my instructions but now we want more performance and flexibility?
You can either run out and buy a huge server and re-install on that or try to use two laptops instead of one?
Equipment used:

Router – Draytek 2820
Laptop 1 – R12 server: Lenovo [...]