Can You Be Too Thin?

Monday, 13 February 2006 by Michel Roth

A nice article on Thin Client environments on FCW.com. It discusses what "Thin Client computing" is and where it came from but even more what the problems and limitations are according to the author, Wayne Rash

"You remember diskless computers, right? They were the hot new idea a decade ago, but for whatever reason, they did not make a significant impact among most government users. But that�s changing. These days, computers without local data storage are called thin clients, and they�re getting a lot of attention from agencies and departments newly concerned about security. Originally, the diskless PC concept was intended to save money. If you didn�t need floppy or hard disks, the computer would cost less. But with yesterday�s slower networks, performance wasn�t great. And not everything worked right."

"A lot has changed. Today�s thin clients cost about the same as PCs at a discount store...."

Read on here.