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Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: Simon Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Thin clients If you want to get to grips with the technology, then I would suggest picking up a used Thin Client from eBay. Get an HP or something like that and reflash its firmware as soon as you get it. Then build a TS in a virtual machine and try it out. The best resource used to be thethin.net but they sold out to TechGenix and you can find it here: http://www.msterminalservices.org/ The most common pain point with thin clients is printers. It has got better with Windows 2008, but is still an issue. To be honest, the clients are the least of your worries, the main area of concern is with the server/s. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Amset IT Solutions Ltd. e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.amset.co.uk w: www.amset.info Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for certificates from just $23.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/ ________________________________ From: Glen Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 November 2008 16:51 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Thin clients Joe. We are looking at true thin client but at stage, we don't really know what we are doing. We have hoped to save some money over the long haul but we are pretty sure we wont save any $$ the first year or so. We don't have any thin clients or back end so I was hoping someone would have recommendations or reading info on which way to go with the back end as well as the clients. I've seen previous comments about Wyse and remember they was mostly positive. We've also seen a lab set up with a Dell server and 50 HP thin clients. Unfortunately, we didn't get to play with it so we didn't really get a feel for the back end. The client experience we pretty positive though. I also I've heard about this. Wonder if it is something to consider or avoid. The price looks good but I'm looking for others advice. King of Prussia, PA, September 12, 2008 - Devon IT, Inc., an alternative desktop solution company and the fastest growing provider of thin client terminals, today announced it will debut its ultra-small TC2 thin client at VMworld 2008 (booth 360) at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas from September 15-18. Starting at US$189, the TC2 is VDI, Xen, and RDP-capable and designed to be the most efficient and cost-effective alternative to standard PCs. Standing less than six inches in height and five inches in length, the TC2 is the market's smallest generally available thin client. It consumes 8-9 watts on average, compared to nearly 150 watts used by PCs, and is VESA-mountable to maximize desktop space. From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Thin clients Wyse makes great thin clients, but most of the manufacturers are getting in the game now. Other things to consider are: 1) Are you going true thin clients, and pushing the desktop to the device, or going more of a mid-client, and pushing specific apps. 2) Do you already have Citrix, or some other app to do the pushing? 3) What exactly are you trying to accomplish with the thin clients? Is there another way of doing it without going thin clients? If you're going for cost savings, you're not really going to see much. The typical thin client is about what you can get a decent business desktop. You may save a few bucks per machine, but if you don't already have the backend stuff, then you won't see a real cost savings, at least not right off. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: Glen Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Thin clients We have been asked to investigate using thin clients for some stations. Initially, maybe 10 or so but if it goes well, who knows, maybe 100 or more. Any reading or other resources that anyone care to point me to? Also, any suggestions as to what vendors/technology to look at and to avoid. Thanks. Glen. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
