Subj : Re: Halt and Catch Fire
To   : Nightfox
From : Moondog
Date : Sun May 08 2022 08:03:00

  Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
  By: Nightfox to Moondog on Sat May 07 2022 02:53 pm

 >   Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
 >   By: Moondog to Nightfox on Sat May 07 2022 12:56 pm
 > 
 >  Mo> Unless you are doing something hardware intensive such as gaming, video
 >  Mo> editing or 3d modeling or cad. Served apps are the way to go. No worrie
 >  Mo> about software patches at the server end. That was one of the nice thin
 > 
 >  Mo> Downsides are bandwidth and enough memory and cpu utilization set aside
 >  Mo> run everything
 > 
 > I can see how served apps can have their advantages.  But I was going to say
 > evice so there are no latency issues.
 > 
 > And I do a lot of what you mentioned above - Gaming, video editing (usually 
 > 
 > Nightfox
 > 
In a business environment many of those things you mention (and I mentioned)
as being processor intensive) are non-issues, since gaming is usually
forbidden on company time, and video editing, drafting and design work are
pretty exclusive.  Imagine maintaining a site with 2000 users, and only 40
fall into a case where they would need a high end machine.  You could set up
a tier system with regards to which departments get better gear, however you
still have to have server based management, licensing and a virus and malware 
protection suite.  While the initial server investment will be high,
purchasing thin or zero clients saves money over time when it normally comes
time to upgrade physical assets or rolling out a new operating system.  If a
thin user's session is chirping out irregular net traffic, send a message to
the user to log out and log back on.  Any infection or hijacker is gone when
the session closes.



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