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Lenovo to Sell Blade Desktops

Posted by timothy on from the the-thin-client-is-back-again-and-again dept.

Some guy writes "Having acquired IBM's PC division, Lenovo will become the first major reseller of blade desktops. Blade desktops feature only input devices and a 'networking unit,' connecting to a blade server for computational power. Such thin client designs reduce support needs and cluttered desk space, but require complex deployments to work well."

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  1. Re:Thin Client Redux by Planesdragon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    IMHO the problem is that the "thin" client must have almost all the resources of a normal pc... processor, memory, video card, nic, screen, mouse, keyboard, usb ports, everything except perhaps a hard drive. So what's the point?

    You apparantly don't understand the concept.

    A thin client DOESN'T have any of the ordinary components. No CPU or RAM to speak of. No HDD. No expansion bays. Quite possibly no peripheral drives, either. It's just a box that you plug your input/output into.

  2. terminals by kharchenko · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    in other words, they're goign to sell terminals that connect to a multi-node server. Of course, since it's MS Windows, it's revolutionary :/