By Christopher Dawson, ZD Net
Just the other day, I was talking with a science teacher who was bemoaning the underpowered thin clients in her school. She felt hobbled by them and was talking about some of the simulations and 3D visualizations that she couldn’t do with her students because of them. Enter HPs new Z210 workstations. Most of us in ed tech have heard the siren song of thin clients. There are lots of ways to go about thin computing, some better suited to certain applications than others. There are virtualization options, PC over IP, remote desktops, you name it. But unless you invest in PCoIP or an extremely robust virtualized setup with one heck of a network infrastructure to go with it, there will be compromises. Sure, the average remote desktop, simple desktop streaming, or low-end VDI solution is relatively inexpensive, very easy to manage, and easier to set up than an old-school computer lab. The computer and networking hardware required to simulate the desktop experience are often prohibitively expensive for schools.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/hp-brings-workstation-class-pcs-to-a-thin-client-world/4548
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