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HP through thick and thin with Virtualization: One Desktop Per Client (ODPC)

Mike Reports...

It’s something we might see more of in the next year or two, as computer manufacturers are eager to give IT managers easier ways of implementing Windows Vista across a large number of workstations.

When it’s time to upgrade to Vista, models like the new HP Compaq t5135 (specs here), which will sell for $199, may look good to managers facing the prospect of replacing hundreds of machines at once.



I think the thin computing at work place ought to be totally OS independent. All the organizations need to really evaluate the needs of their staff and in the end I won't be surprised if all of them are replaced with those thin clients from Sun (which we also tried at our place, I loved the idea though!). With all the applications becoming web-enabled, how would anyone care what OS a Thin Apparatus is facilitating?

And as you can see, that stuff is cheap too! They will be shipping these thinnies by Feb 2007.

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