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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. 3270 emulation by Aslan72 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    "How much has the corporate desktop PC changed in the last 20 years?"

    A bit. The thing though is that this really isn't a new concept; its name has changed a bit, but it boils down to the 3270 concept that IBM made popular. This time you have a mouse and a color monitor instead of a 3270 keyboard and a green screen.

    I remember hearing back in college that the trend floats from centralized computing to distributed and then back again, but I'd never thought I'd see it.

    --pete