[THIN] Re: Best Thin Clients

  • From: Harry Singh <hboogz@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:14:15 -0400

Are the DevonIT devices you run zero or thin with embedded Linux? Any real
weight - at least among the folks on this list- behind the claim that any
embedded OS will contribute to a "better"/"greater" end user experience
than a zero client?



On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Bruce Ricker <brucericker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We only do published desktops right now...The new HP zero won't boot
> to a published desktop logon....the wyse xenith will, but we have had
> the most success with wyse c10LE's....
>
> On 10/30/11, Magnus Hjorleifsson <magnus@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > We run Devon it (about 5000 ). They are great devices, management is all
> > centralized and the support from the vendor is great.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Oct 28, 2011, at 12:21, Dan Dill <DanD@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> We just added a Dell FX170 running win xp embedded to our domain with
> the
> >> plans to test it out with an end-user.  It’s just a rebranded devon IT
> box
> >> (I think they used to be bosanova) but it seems decent for a more
> >> basic/average user.  Does dual monitors and the xp embedded seems to
> work
> >> well as an “os”
> >>
> >>
> >> One thing I liked in the documentation was the ability to re-image the
> >> device by plugging in a usb drive…
> >>
> >> I will admit though that I’ve spent less than an hour on/with the
> device,
> >> so not exactly an expert.
> >>
> >>
> >> Dan Dill |Systems Engineer
> >>
> >> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >> Behalf Of Greg Reese
> >> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 8:27 AM
> >> To: Thin
> >> Subject: [THIN] Best Thin Clients
> >>
> >> in the past, we would get on this topic every few months.  But it seems
> >> like it has been a while since we had a discussion on who makes the best
> >> thin clients.  With that, who has the best thin client management
> >> software.
> >>
> >> The landscape has changed with HP swallowing up Neoware, Bosanova
> chaging
> >> names, Lenovo, Dell, and even Cisco are getting in the game too.  And
> >> probably a few I forget or dont' even know about.
> >>
> >> For what it is worth, even after 10 years I still hate Wyse.  I even
> won a
> >> notebook form them at Synergy and they never bothered to send it and
> >> ignored my emails.  jerks.  sorry and no i'm not bitter about it or
> >> anything.
> >>
> >> So, with that...
> >>
> >> Who makes the best thin clients and who makes the best thin client
> >> management software?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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