Pano Logic, one of our preferred vendors has just released Generation 2 of their amazing Zero client cube. What makes their products unique is that they don’t have a CPU, RAM or firmware in their cubes, yes they really are maintenance free and a ZERO compared to their zero client competitors that really aren’t true zeros. The Pan [...]
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Pano Logic has something new
Pano Logic, one of our preferred vendors has just released Generation 2 of their amazing Zero client cube. What makes their products unique is that they don’t have a CPU, RAM or firmware in their cubes, yes they really are maintenance free and a ZERO compared to their zero client competitors that really aren’t true zeros. The Pan [...]
The devil is in the details. Part II
Now that we’ve moved past the question and answer stage in part I, we get to a brief description of the market players who claim Zero or near Zero status -
Types
Examples/Costs
Downsides
Windows MultiPoint Server Access Point
USB connected access points for Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 -
Suffers from all of the M [...]
Magical effects, or should I say FX?
The FX in this instance is RemoteFX which Microsoft is including in their Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008, Release 2. From the VDI point of view the key component is RemoteFX, a new technology to provide amazing graphics for VDI endpoint users that use thin clients or repurposed XPs.
So what is RemoteFX, and why? The trick here is to t [...]
So how big is your starter motor?
Men are always (or used to) bragging about the size of their car engines and just how powerful they are. They brag about having a V-12 (very nice), V-8 and sometimes a V-6, but I’ve rarely heard anything about a 4 cylinder and absolutely not a word about the engine’s starter motor. The reason no one discusses their starter motor i [...]
In praise of slightly fat Nettop boxe...
So what’s a Nettop? Think of the Netbook PCs, inexpensive $350 low powered 10″ screen PCs that are convenient but not very fast. Take the screen and keyboard away and you’ve got a Nettop, except they have better quality, higher performance components, designed to a price point, but for longevity. Insert a 32 or 64GB SSD dri [...]