[windows2000] Re: Thin Client Project
- From: "Greg Reese" <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:36:50 +1200
you will find thin client preferences to be pretyt much like server
preferences. It almost becomes a religious debate about who makes the best
servers. We all know it's IBM, but some people, weirdos really, think it is
HP or Dell.
thin clients are the same. the camps are divided. I am sure you can find
someone who has a horror story from dealing with Neoware.
a big thing to consider with thin clients is how to manage them. They all
have some sort of central management tool. some companies charge for it,
and some do not. Some are complicated and require dedicated back end
servers and databses. some can be run from a desktop. Some do both. Find
out about managing them before you buy. All thin client manufacturers will
send you a demo unit and let you run their management tools during the
demo. Take them up on it and give them Pepsi challenge and see who comes
out on top.
Greg
On 3/28/06, Chris Berry <chris_berry-list-windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Well that's pretty negative, I would have been frustrated too. Has
> anyone else here used WYSE? I'll check out the NeoWare stuff too.
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> Chris Berry
> chris_berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Information Advisory Manager
> JM Associates
>
> "If you have a strong enough why you can bear almost any how." --Nietzsche
>
>
> Greg Reese wrote:
> > We had wyse thin clients at my last job for a while and they were junk.
> > They would power off randomly for no reason. The user would be typing
> along
> > and <boom> they were off. They would also randomly reset to factory
> > settings. Following a long weekend, users would come to work and they
> would
> > be back at the out of the box settings. Not all of them, just a
> few. It
> > was maddening to support and after spending a small fortune in shipping
> > costs to RMA one or two a week, we trashed them all for Neoware thin
> > clients.
> >
> > Wyse said the problems were dur to poor power in our buildings. they
> were
> > all built by the same company so i could accept that. They also said
> other
> > customers didn't report these issues. All i know is we didn't have any
> > similar problems with Neoware thin clients. It has been a few years but
> my
> > dealings with Wyse were not good and I will never buy one of their
> products
> > again.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > On 3/28/06, Chris Berry <chris_berry-list-windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>What don't you like about them? I'm definitely interested in hearing
> >>about any experiences with WYSE and their hardware.
> >>
> >>Chris Berry
> >>chris_berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Information Advisory Manager
> >>JM Associates
> >>
> >>"If you have a strong enough why you can bear almost any how."
> --Nietzsche
> >>
> >>
> >>Grant, Lachlan ISMC:EX wrote:
> >>
> >>>I would look at neoware too. I've only heard good things about them,
> >>>currently working with the s30's and I'm less than impressed with them.
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Berry
> >>>Sent: March 27, 2006 12:20 PM
> >>>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>Subject: [windows2000] Thin Client Project
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Currently we're looking at setting up some thin clients rather than
> >>>purchase more desktops for our call center staff. At the moment we're
> >>>evaluating the WYSE S50. Not least of which because of their unirail
> >>>mounting system which lets you do this:
> >>>
> >>>http://www.wyse.com/products/winterm/S30/BackMount.htm
> >>>
> >>>The other features seem spot on, and the price isn't bad. ($337 each)
> >>>This will all be set to use Windows Terminal Server which we're already
> >>>using for our remote access needs. (salesmen, telecommuting, etc.)
> >>>
> >>>Comments, warnings, suggestions?
> >>>
> >>
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