{"id":532,"date":"2006-06-05T00:34:36","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T07:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.computerworld.com:\/\/0be741a9758aedf2640fe917edcf9da4"},"modified":"2006-06-05T00:34:36","modified_gmt":"2006-06-05T07:34:36","slug":"a-new-spin-on-the-thin-client-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/?p=532","title":{"rendered":"A new spin on the thin-client model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lightweight desktop machines that provide a simple terminal into a much more powerful machine are becoming more popular again. The complexities of managing large distributed computers mean that people are looking for simpler solutions. <\/p>\n<p>Now here's an intriguing solution to the problem of where to locate these machines and to power and support them - <a href=\"http:\/\/news.zdnet.co.uk\/0,39020330,39272166,00.htm\">a computer that fits entirely within a standard power socket (here in the UK, at least)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>At 209 pounds (about $400) you can have a Windows CE based terminal, providing a 1280x1024 VGA display, USB ports, and supporting popular terminal standards like Citrix and the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). You even get audio input and output.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~a\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?a=niXMzW\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~a\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?i=niXMzW\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?g=167\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lightweight desktop machines that provide a simple terminal into a much more powerful machine are becoming more popular again. The complexities of managing large distributed computers mean that people are looking for simpler solutions. <\/p>\n<p>Now here&#8217;s an intriguing solution to the problem of where to locate these machines and to power and support them &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/news.zdnet.co.uk\/0,39020330,39272166,00.htm\">a computer that fits entirely within a standard power socket (here in the UK, at least)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>At 209 pounds (about $400) you can have a Windows CE based terminal, providing a 1280&#215;1024 VGA display, USB ports, and supporting popular terminal standards like Citrix and the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). You even get audio input and output.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~a\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?a=niXMzW\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~a\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?i=niXMzW\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?g=167\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}