Re: [Nolug] The Unix Desktop (was Re: If they're unreliable as heck... (was Re: [Nolug] someone's gotanaxe to grind...))

That's why I contrasted "complete" vs. thin...

On 08/05/08 16:31, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> I'm thinking you aren't familiar with thin clients used in Windows TS
> situations. The whole idea is that there is no hard drive or any moving
> parts. It's basically just a little piece of plastic that you throw on
> the network to use to connect to Windows TS. As far as booting locally,
> they boot from firmware.
>
>
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 08/05/08 14:06, Dustin Puryear wrote:
>>> I don't understand what you mean by: 'Because the driver of cost is
>>> the number of "complete computers"?' What do you mean "complete
>>> computer"? You mean with a keyboard and monitor?

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