This is Bank of America we're talking about. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:22 PM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote:
> If they do it right there’s no data on the tablet itself, just a Citrix > client. Have the tablet lock after a minute of inactivity…**** > > ** ** > > Dave**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@live.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:20 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Death of the Desktops?**** > > ** ** > > I guess I am glad I don't do business with them. > > Jon > **** > ------------------------------ > > From: r...@finnesey.com > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > Subject: RE: Death of the Desktops? > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:09:55 +0000**** > > I walked into BofA the other day and the person that welcomed me had a > tablet. **** > > Cheers**** > > Ryan**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@live.com] > *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2012 8:00 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Death of the Desktops?**** > > **** > > Personally I would not look with favor on walking into a bank and seeing > the tellers using any kind of portable device to look things up on the > central machine, be it mainframe, mini, or server. I feel the same way > about a lot of governemt offices as well. Would you trust people that are > paid as little as possible with YOUR personal information and money if all > it takes is "one bad apple" to cost you a fortune? The easier it is to > take information without IT/management knowing about it the less I would > trust on mobile devices. I am not saying low paid people are not trust > worthy only that money/information could tempt anyone but they are more > easily swayed/have less to lose. Even with things running on virtual > machines or Citrix can be imaged and saved to a local drive. > > Jon > **** > > > From: b...@rolandschorr.com > > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > Subject: RE: Death of the Desktops? > > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:38:20 +0000 > > > > I agree with Greg. I think there's always (at least for the foreseeable > future) going to be a role for desktop machines though I think SOME desktop > clients are going to be replaced with docked mobile devices. > > > > It may be that 10 years from now most of us are using some sort of > tablet that, as Greg suggests, slips into a docking station with a real > keyboard and large monitor(s). > > > > Ben M. Schorr > > Chief Executive Officer > > ______________________________________________ > > Roland Schorr & Tower > > www.rolandschorr.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com <gol...@markettools.com>] > > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 11:07 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Death of the Desktops? > > > > The desktop isn’t going anywhere really, it's just evolving. What will > probably fade out (except for high-end needs) is the dedicated non-mobile > desktop pc. I can easily see were your tablet\phone\whatever has enough > processing and graphic power to be sitting in a dock in the office, with > full keyboard and mouse support, and then is lifted out and taken with you > on the go. There will always be room for the places that have users that do > not need this (Call centers, retail, etc) so it never will truly die out. > > > > -Greg > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com <kurt.b...@gmail.com>] > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:42 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Death of the Desktops? > > > > Spreadsheets creation and data entry, page layout, photo processing, > writing, presentation creation - those and more are far more difficult on > anything without a keyboard and mouse. > > > > Kurt > > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Rankin, James R <kz2...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > Can you imagine writing technical documents or doing CAD on a tablet? > > > Sure the percentages may change, but the desktop will not go away > anytime soon. > > > It might run on a thin client, but there's still a place for a desktop > > > - even if virtual. > > > > > > Pundits have been predicting things like "the death of Citrix" and > > > "the year of the Linux desktop" for a long while. I haven't noticed > > > either of them happening. > > > > > > YMMV, IMO, etc. > > > ---Blackberried > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Roger Wright <rhw...@gmail.com> > > > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:40:41 -0400 > > > To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > > ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" > > > <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > > Subject: Death of the Desktops? > > > > > > There are a number of pundits pushing the notion that desktop > > > computing is facing certain death, and especially for desktop > > > computers as we've known them up to now. Indeed, there are more > > > portable offerings available than desktop machine options, but with a > higher price/performance/feature ratio. > > > I'm not sure I buy it, especially for many business environments where > > > access to legacy apps is critical. 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