Only thing we typically connect to them are either a Serial or parallel printer on some. I know to be sure to get a few with parallel for that application. Interesting thought Jim. I had not thought about the disk space issue, as that is the issue we have on our current Despros, lack of disk for ptaches and such, so we rebuild as DOS. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Skrogstad [mailto:scott@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:44 AM To: Schneider, Chad M; thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [THIN] Assistance....those using Thin Clients (WYSE/Compaq) We use and sell the Neoware Capio product. We have had great results with the NeoLinux based verions. Very straight forward units and very inexpensive. The big question in used a XP or XPE based unit is what devices are you going to attach to them, ie. Palm Pilots, Web Cams, and USB scanners. Things like that require an XP or XPE operating system to get them attached and useable by the software. Scott ----------------------Original message------------------- I finally have management looking seriously at replacing some of our Deskpro 2000/4000's with thin clients. Mentality up until recently was to spend a few bucks more and get a full PC. Big thing I am wondering about is patching of the thin clients. IE, OS, etc. Some machines we have rebuilt as DOS clients, which allows us to avoid such client side patching. No Virus Scan, no M$ patches, etc. I see Linux thins, I see XP SP2 thins, I see CE thins....., Windows based clients have IE6, now, I would assume that things like XP, IE, even CE would still need patching. If so, does the use of the management software make this more feasible? Forgive my ignorance on this issue. Chad M. Schneider Technology Analyst Bemis Company, Inc. 920-303-7609 "Just because you can, does not mean that you should." ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: ThinPrint, GmbH Now available: .print Remote Desktop Printing Engine for Microsoft Terminal Services http://www.thinprint.com/dotprint/index.php?s=682&lc=1 ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! http://www.thinwiki.com *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm