[itdiscuss] Thin clients?

[Jeffrey Thompson]

I think the combination of these thin clients and Windows Server 2008  
will be excellent.  It does have a USB port that both printer and USB  
flash drives show up through Local Share Tab in Remote Desktop  
Options.  The print support in Windows Server 2008 is excellent and it  
will work great!  Also the browser is based on what you make available  
in the Term Server (Internet Explorer seems to be getting better these  
days).  And best of all, you can have it automatically boot into the  
Term Server.  And according to the web page, you can remote assist  
through VNC (which is a cool option in addition to the Terminal  
Services Manager).

Jeffrey Thompson
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On Aug 10, 2009, at 6:48 PM, Tony Dye wrote:

> Jeffrey, do those actually support local USB devices decently?   
> What’s the web browser?
>
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> ] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Thompson
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 4:43 PM
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>
> I really liked the iGel Linux based thin client http://www.igel.de
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 4:34 PM, "Tony Dye" <tony.dye at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Anybody have a thin client solution they really love?  Specifically,  
> are there any great answers to:
> 1)      Local printing (USB printers) and corresponding print  
> performance?
>
> 2)      Local scanning (USB scanner)?
>
> 3)      Full featured web browsing (flash, YouTube, etc.)?
>
>
> The story behind the questions.  A client is looking at moving  
> *everything* from a local server room to a hosted environment and  
> considering going to thin clients, with the idea being that pretty  
> much all on-site support is eliminated.  The hosted environment  
> would be Terminal Services on Windows Server 2008.  I’d welcome  
> comments on the overall concept, but I’m really looking for answers  
> regarding good Thin Client solutions.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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> Tony Dye
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