This may be shameless self promotion but I hope its informative as well. You might want to look at deploying http://www.ltsp.org/ across your environment. It lets you pump out images to thin-clients across your network. This leads to a dramatic reduction in TCO and increased ease in administration, you're only managing one server. I also run a company that does LTSP deployments and remote administration http://www.inosolutions.com/. (sorry) To give you an idea a 100 computers can end up costing you only about $40000. Thin-Clients are great for corporate environments and allow you to escape that 4 year cycle, you only have to upgrade the server. You could also consider going this route with Citrix.
WoW hurts my wallet and my soul. While I understand the business model that has been implemented in wow and other mmorpg's and even understand why I have to pay for it every month, I still hate it. WoW was the first game that made me take the plunge into monthly payments, and as a consumer I am not satisfied. The game is beautiful and entertaining (one quest that was entirly underwater blew me away), however its still the same thing over and over. I dream of a mmorpg that allows the players to have a greater control of the world they inhabit. Imagine guild generated quests and items. I could continue to gripe about the problems with wow but I have to level.
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This may be shameless self promotion but I hope its informative as well. You might want to look at deploying http://www.ltsp.org/ across your environment. It lets you pump out images to thin-clients across your network. This leads to a dramatic reduction in TCO and increased ease in administration, you're only managing one server. I also run a company that does LTSP deployments and remote administration http://www.inosolutions.com/. (sorry) To give you an idea a 100 computers can end up costing you only about $40000. Thin-Clients are great for corporate environments and allow you to escape that 4 year cycle, you only have to upgrade the server. You could also consider going this route with Citrix.
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WoW hurts my wallet and my soul. While I understand the business model that has been implemented in wow and other mmorpg's and even understand why I have to pay for it every month, I still hate it. WoW was the first game that made me take the plunge into monthly payments, and as a consumer I am not satisfied. The game is beautiful and entertaining (one quest that was entirly underwater blew me away), however its still the same thing over and over. I dream of a mmorpg that allows the players to have a greater control of the world they inhabit. Imagine guild generated quests and items. I could continue to gripe about the problems with wow but I have to level.