Thin Clients

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a new approach to application deployment. But the payback is so clear; ’ arrival is almost inevitable.
What about $500 PCs, you ask? Why buy a brain-dead thin-client device when PC prices are in free fall? Here’s another chance for thin-client proponents to swing for the fences. First, while $500 PCs exit, most large organizations spend significantly more than $1500 per new PC, or about twice the cost of a well-equipped thin-client device. Their money flows to high-end systems in the hope these computers will have a longer useful life. This strategy makes a lot of sense, because upgrading a PC is a time-consuming, costly exercise that almost always includes follow-up support calls.
More important, savvy organizations know that less than 20 percent of the true life-cycle cost of a PC is reflected in its initial cost. There’s a mountain of evidence to support this assertion, as well as the corollary that save money. For example, a survey of 25 sites using ...

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