OT - Rollout thin clients vs. workstation upgrades?

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How would you like to have it both ways?

Thin clients on the desktops and in the factories hooked to real PC's stored
in the back office? No WTS/Citrix ...

Todd Anderson

-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley Graver [mailto:shirleyg@...]
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 11:19 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Rollout thin clients vs. workstation upgrades?


My personal preference, as is the preference of my users are workstations.
The key thing is if you build first write a specification, then build
everything to that spec. Same MB brand and model, Chip, Memory modules, all
the components. I know you young whipper snappers say thin client is the
thing to do. but there's nothing like having that beige box to cuddle up to
on cold winters days.

Shirley

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From: Jim Carnes [mailto:jcarnes@...]
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 11:28 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT - Rollout thin clients vs. workstation upgrades?

I've been asked to make recommendations as to our future upgrade path.

My options are the two following unless someone has a better suggestion.

Option 1 - Thin Client
Our workstations are quite old. Leave them as is and install a pumped up
server running Citrix and make everyone a thin client and disregard the
workstations.

Option 2 - Workstation upgrade

Rollout new workstations with Win XP and moderately equipped performance
wise based on today's standards.

I'm curious what the feedback is from other IT guys and gals. I'm not sold
on Citrix as an internal solution, we use it as an remote client solution
and it works fine. However, I can see the benefit of doing away with
individual workstation issues.

Thanks for your time and opinions.

Jim Carnes
Information Systems Administrator
jcarnes@...
Kenlee Precision Corporation
1700 Morrell Park Ave
Baltimore, MD 21230



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I've been asked to make recommendations as to our future upgrade path.

My options are the two following unless someone has a better suggestion.

Option 1 - Thin Client
Our workstations are quite old. Leave them as is and install a pumped up
server running Citrix and make everyone a thin client and disregard the
workstations.

Option 2 - Workstation upgrade

Rollout new workstations with Win XP and moderately equipped performance
wise based on today's standards.

I'm curious what the feedback is from other IT guys and gals. I'm not sold
on Citrix as an internal solution, we use it as an remote client solution
and it works fine. However, I can see the benefit of doing away with
individual workstation issues.

Thanks for your time and opinions.

Jim Carnes
Information Systems Administrator
jcarnes@...
Kenlee Precision Corporation
1700 Morrell Park Ave
Baltimore, MD 21230
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My personal preference, as is the preference of my users are workstations.
The key thing is if you build first write a specification, then build
everything to that spec. Same MB brand and model, Chip, Memory modules, all
the components. I know you young whipper snappers say thin client is the
thing to do. but there's nothing like having that beige box to cuddle up to
on cold winters days.

Shirley

_____

From: Jim Carnes [mailto:jcarnes@...]
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 11:28 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT - Rollout thin clients vs. workstation upgrades?

I've been asked to make recommendations as to our future upgrade path.

My options are the two following unless someone has a better suggestion.

Option 1 - Thin Client
Our workstations are quite old. Leave them as is and install a pumped up
server running Citrix and make everyone a thin client and disregard the
workstations.

Option 2 - Workstation upgrade

Rollout new workstations with Win XP and moderately equipped performance
wise based on today's standards.

I'm curious what the feedback is from other IT guys and gals. I'm not sold
on Citrix as an internal solution, we use it as an remote client solution
and it works fine. However, I can see the benefit of doing away with
individual workstation issues.

Thanks for your time and opinions.

Jim Carnes
Information Systems Administrator
jcarnes@...
Kenlee Precision Corporation
1700 Morrell Park Ave
Baltimore, MD 21230



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