For the love of the Thin Clients.....

[Goosemaster]

I came upon this a few minutes ago and wanted to hear from all of you.

I wanted a Thin terminal for my mom so she could do here things on her own pc. All she uses is word, excel and the internet, so this of course seems ideal. ANy hardware-based opinions?

My question is this:

My main server will be a Linux server, and a win2k server perhaps. Will RDP provide a life-like connection for her? Basically, will it have the "lag" that Terminal services has on a whole pc?

thanks



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[Saltin]

TS uses RDP. Any lag you experience is more a function of the connection/throughput than it is the hardware, assuming the TS Server is a decent box.

Assuming it is, your mother will get as good a connection as her available bandwidth allows.

You could run a P4 with RDP as a "thin client" and it would still lag if your connection was dialup-sized.

 

[Goosemaster]

I have used TS before and it isn't bad, just not PERFECT..even on a 100Mbit Duplex network...

<----Picky Bastard


Anyways, do you think it is worth the money to set this up?



Yeah, I knew RDP was RS, but appearntly they have a lot of versions..I didn't know which one this one supported.....4.0 or 5

 

[toshiba3020]

That is a $400 thin client. For $400 you can build a system that will work much better, and wont require a server. Im sure you wanted this becasue you thought it was cool, but the best choice is ovious.

 

[Goosemaster]

Damn coolality and it's clocuding of the truth!!!!!



Yeah, I wanted it because it was cool but I guess it is pointless. I'll just get the dell in hot deals