[THIN] Re: Dell almost does thin
- From: "Nick Smith" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:09:57 -0000
I don't know if I'm reading a different web-site to everyone else,
but...:
This is quite clearly primarily for use with ICA/RDP.
" Dell, a Citrix Global Systems Integrator partner, offers a complete
range of products for server-based computing environments. From servers
and ThinPCs to Citrix software, consulting services and technical
support, Dell can deliver a complete, end-to-end Citrix solution
designed to help reduce TCO, conserve IT resources and improve ROI."
And they're offering a Linux client for RDP/ICA if you want it, and
they're offering TinyTerm if you're doing mainframes. I've no idea
whether this hardware is any good or good value, but attacking Dell for
not understanding Thin Client Computing when they quite clearly *are*
starting to provide it is silly.
Nick Smith,
Managing Director,
OfficeAnyplace
Tel: 020 7819 0090
nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Torben Claus [mailto:torben.claus@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 15 December 2004 09:57
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Dell almost does thin
mmh - they are offering this for the diskless ThinPC:
"Optional Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP Embedded from server or in
optional
Flash memory module"
So with the OS in Flash - no Networkload needed...
Anyway
- WinXP "full" for ThinClients?
We don't need that - WYSE & WinCE & ICA
- no possibility for the user to crash the os
- everthing fine...
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:33:00 +0000, Tom Howarth <tom.howarth@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> this sound's more like Oracle's and Suns vision for a Network computer
> than a thin client. just imagine the network traffic at 9am on a
> monday with every body hitting the download server to get their OS, I
> tried the IBM netstations and found that they took an absolute age to
> boot. and that was with 10 clients on a 100mb lan with the boot server
> on the same segment. upto 10 minutes if all the machines were booted
> at once, Dell Still don't get it.
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:12:57 -0000, Nick Smith <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > Ummm...quote from the Dell site:
> >
> > A Diskless ThinPC offers all of the features of the ThinPC without
sacrificing performance and is ideal for companies who desire maximum
administrator control. Using Century's Diskless PIXIL Linux or
Venturcom's BXP software solution (for Microsoft Windows clients), a
Diskless ThinPC is configured with no hard disk drive and boots to a
server/controller. Through the network connection, Diskless ThinPCs can
support local peripherals and can run software applications on the local
CPU or on the server.
> >
> > Doesn't *look* like you have to buy a HDD...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matthew Shrewsbury [mailto:MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tue 14/12/2004 19:37
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc:
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Dell almost does thin
> >
> > I don't think Dell has the slightest clue what thin is. Also
you have to buy a HD even if you don't use it. I assume you still have
all the normal moving parts that cause PCs to fail. Anyone using
something like this?
> >
> > Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA
> >
> > Network Administrator
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Mann
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:24 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Dell almost does thin
> >
> > Those SX280's are baiclaly full blown OptiPlex GX280's in a
smaller case. It's really a fat hardware client.
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew Shrewsbury
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:15 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Dell almost does thin
> >
> > Does anyone know of or tried Dell ThinPC?
> >
> >
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/solutions/en/thinpc
> >
> > Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA
> >
> > Network Administrator
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
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