Comments on: NComputing: The Energy-Efficient $70 PC http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Arya shetty http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-110037 Arya shetty Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:43:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-110037 what is divice access and how its works.....? what is divice access and how its works…..?

]]> By: JimD http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-3552 JimD Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:51:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-3552 Great thin client. We have used it at our school district and it was sold as a PC replacement strategy. Nothing of the sort! It is a thin client that works well. The only problem is when it is sold as a PC like replacement. It won't run applications that are designed for single users (unless "tweaked"), it uses a hack to Windows XP to let multiple users share one copy of Windows that has been been revealed as being "improper" by Microsoft. I am not a big Microsoft fan but we can't afford to have M$ coming after us, even if it is "in the gray area" as our nComputing rep told us. They keep touting it as desktop virtualization. BS!! I hate vendors treating us as if we are idiots. It is no more of a virtualization product than remote desktop is. True virtualization is wasted upon single desktops. The only exception is Fiddlehead. It is a true desktop virtualization for 4 users on a single PC. It is fast, easy to install, doesn't screw with M$ licensing and all applications run. It truly works as a desktop replacement strategy. Saves money up front, and money on electricity, but it saves a lot of money down the road when it is time to replace PC's the second time. Great thin client. We have used it at our school district and it was sold as a PC replacement strategy. Nothing of the sort! It is a thin client that works well. The only problem is when it is sold as a PC like replacement. It won’t run applications that are designed for single users (unless “tweaked”), it uses a hack to Windows XP to let multiple users share one copy of Windows that has been been revealed as being “improper” by Microsoft. I am not a big Microsoft fan but we can’t afford to have M$ coming after us, even if it is “in the gray area” as our nComputing rep told us. They keep touting it as desktop virtualization. BS!! I hate vendors treating us as if we are idiots. It is no more of a virtualization product than remote desktop is. True virtualization is wasted upon single desktops. The only exception is Fiddlehead. It is a true desktop virtualization for 4 users on a single PC. It is fast, easy to install, doesn’t screw with M$ licensing and all applications run. It truly works as a desktop replacement strategy. Saves money up front, and money on electricity, but it saves a lot of money down the road when it is time to replace PC’s the second time.

]]> By: JimD http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-20626 JimD Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:51:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-20626 Great thin client. We have used it at our school district and it was sold as a PC replacement strategy. Nothing of the sort! It is a thin client that works well. The only problem is when it is sold as a PC like replacement. It won't run applications that are designed for single users (unless "tweaked"), it uses a hack to Windows XP to let multiple users share one copy of Windows that has been been revealed as being "improper" by Microsoft. I am not a big Microsoft fan but we can't afford to have M$ coming after us, even if it is "in the gray area" as our nComputing rep told us. They keep touting it as desktop virtualization. BS!! I hate vendors treating us as if we are idiots. It is no more of a virtualization product than remote desktop is. True virtualization is wasted upon single desktops. The only exception is Fiddlehead. It is a true desktop virtualization for 4 users on a single PC. It is fast, easy to install, doesn't screw with M$ licensing and all applications run. It truly works as a desktop replacement strategy. Saves money up front, and money on electricity, but it saves a lot of money down the road when it is time to replace PC's the second time. Great thin client. We have used it at our school district and it was sold as a PC replacement strategy. Nothing of the sort! It is a thin client that works well. The only problem is when it is sold as a PC like replacement. It won’t run applications that are designed for single users (unless “tweaked”), it uses a hack to Windows XP to let multiple users share one copy of Windows that has been been revealed as being “improper” by Microsoft. I am not a big Microsoft fan but we can’t afford to have M$ coming after us, even if it is “in the gray area” as our nComputing rep told us. They keep touting it as desktop virtualization. BS!! I hate vendors treating us as if we are idiots. It is no more of a virtualization product than remote desktop is. True virtualization is wasted upon single desktops. The only exception is Fiddlehead. It is a true desktop virtualization for 4 users on a single PC. It is fast, easy to install, doesn’t screw with M$ licensing and all applications run. It truly works as a desktop replacement strategy. Saves money up front, and money on electricity, but it saves a lot of money down the road when it is time to replace PC’s the second time.

]]> By: JimD http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-20627 JimD Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:51:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-20627 Great thin client. We have used it at our school district and it was sold as a PC replacement strategy. Nothing of the sort! It is a thin client that works well. The only problem is when it is sold as a PC like replacement. It won't run applications that are designed for single users (unless "tweaked"), it uses a hack to Windows XP to let multiple users share one copy of Windows that has been been revealed as being "improper" by Microsoft. I am not a big Microsoft fan but we can't afford to have M$ coming after us, even if it is "in the gray area" as our nComputing rep told us. They keep touting it as desktop virtualization. BS!! I hate vendors treating us as if we are idiots. It is no more of a virtualization product than remote desktop is. True virtualization is wasted upon single desktops. The only exception is Fiddlehead. It is a true desktop virtualization for 4 users on a single PC. It is fast, easy to install, doesn't screw with M$ licensing and all applications run. It truly works as a desktop replacement strategy. Saves money up front, and money on electricity, but it saves a lot of money down the road when it is time to replace PC's the second time. Great thin client. We have used it at our school district and it was sold as a PC replacement strategy. Nothing of the sort! It is a thin client that works well. The only problem is when it is sold as a PC like replacement. It won’t run applications that are designed for single users (unless “tweaked”), it uses a hack to Windows XP to let multiple users share one copy of Windows that has been been revealed as being “improper” by Microsoft. I am not a big Microsoft fan but we can’t afford to have M$ coming after us, even if it is “in the gray area” as our nComputing rep told us. They keep touting it as desktop virtualization. BS!! I hate vendors treating us as if we are idiots. It is no more of a virtualization product than remote desktop is. True virtualization is wasted upon single desktops. The only exception is Fiddlehead. It is a true desktop virtualization for 4 users on a single PC. It is fast, easy to install, doesn’t screw with M$ licensing and all applications run. It truly works as a desktop replacement strategy. Saves money up front, and money on electricity, but it saves a lot of money down the road when it is time to replace PC’s the second time.

]]> By: James http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-3551 James Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:53:51 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-3551 This is not lethal to free software. This article is scanty on details, but I bet you could run GNU/Linux on the central box. No, it is not intended for a single user. It is intended for something more like a computing lab or a workplace full of cubicles. where you'd already have or be installing butt loads of cabling. It looks a lot like an X terminal or a Sun Ray, and we know what kind of market penetration they have now. Plus I doubt they're gonna release specs. It'd take advantage of three things people are cheap bastards, you have more computing power in a new box than you would ever (productively) use and most computer cycle are wasted waiting for user input. stuffs This is not lethal to free software. This article is scanty on details, but I bet you could run GNU/Linux on the central box. No, it is not intended for a single user. It is intended for something more like a computing lab or a workplace full of cubicles. where you’d already have or be installing butt loads of cabling. It looks a lot like an X terminal or a Sun Ray, and we know what kind of market penetration they have now. Plus I doubt they’re gonna release specs. It’d take advantage of three things people are cheap bastards, you have more computing power in a new box than you would ever (productively) use and most computer cycle are wasted waiting for user input. stuffs

]]> By: James http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-20624 James Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-20624 This is not lethal to free software. This article is scanty on details, but I bet you could run GNU/Linux on the central box. No, it is not intended for a single user. It is intended for something more like a computing lab or a workplace full of cubicles. where you'd already have or be installing butt loads of cabling. It looks a lot like an X terminal or a Sun Ray, and we know what kind of market penetration they have now. Plus I doubt they're gonna release specs. It'd take advantage of three things people are cheap bastards, you have more computing power in a new box than you would ever (productively) use and most computer cycle are wasted waiting for user input. stuffs This is not lethal to free software. This article is scanty on details, but I bet you could run GNU/Linux on the central box. No, it is not intended for a single user. It is intended for something more like a computing lab or a workplace full of cubicles. where you’d already have or be installing butt loads of cabling. It looks a lot like an X terminal or a Sun Ray, and we know what kind of market penetration they have now. Plus I doubt they’re gonna release specs. It’d take advantage of three things people are cheap bastards, you have more computing power in a new box than you would ever (productively) use and most computer cycle are wasted waiting for user input. stuffs

]]> By: James http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-20625 James Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-20625 This is not lethal to free software. This article is scanty on details, but I bet you could run GNU/Linux on the central box. No, it is not intended for a single user. It is intended for something more like a computing lab or a workplace full of cubicles. where you'd already have or be installing butt loads of cabling. It looks a lot like an X terminal or a Sun Ray, and we know what kind of market penetration they have now. Plus I doubt they're gonna release specs. It'd take advantage of three things people are cheap bastards, you have more computing power in a new box than you would ever (productively) use and most computer cycle are wasted waiting for user input. stuffs This is not lethal to free software. This article is scanty on details, but I bet you could run GNU/Linux on the central box. No, it is not intended for a single user. It is intended for something more like a computing lab or a workplace full of cubicles. where you’d already have or be installing butt loads of cabling. It looks a lot like an X terminal or a Sun Ray, and we know what kind of market penetration they have now. Plus I doubt they’re gonna release specs. It’d take advantage of three things people are cheap bastards, you have more computing power in a new box than you would ever (productively) use and most computer cycle are wasted waiting for user input. stuffs

]]> By: Romanator http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-3550 Romanator Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:07:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-3550 These devices are saving 90% in energy cost over powering up standard PCs. In fact because of the energy efficiency, energy companies are starting to give rebates that could eliminate the cost of the devices all together ! I would like to see others compete with NComputing when their product have a cost of $0 to the end user. Chew on that for awhile. These devices are saving 90% in energy cost over powering up standard PCs. In fact because of the energy efficiency, energy companies are starting to give rebates that could eliminate the cost of the devices all together ! I would like to see others compete with NComputing when their product have a cost of $0 to the end user.

Chew on that for awhile.

]]> By: Romanator http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-20622 Romanator Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:07:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-20622 These devices are saving 90% in energy cost over powering up standard PCs. In fact because of the energy efficiency, energy companies are starting to give rebates that could eliminate the cost of the devices all together ! I would like to see others compete with NComputing when their product have a cost of $0 to the end user. Chew on that for awhile. These devices are saving 90% in energy cost over powering up standard PCs. In fact because of the energy efficiency, energy companies are starting to give rebates that could eliminate the cost of the devices all together ! I would like to see others compete with NComputing when their product have a cost of $0 to the end user.

Chew on that for awhile.

]]> By: Romanator http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-20623 Romanator Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:07:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-20623 These devices are saving 90% in energy cost over powering up standard PCs. In fact because of the energy efficiency, energy companies are starting to give rebates that could eliminate the cost of the devices all together ! I would like to see others compete with NComputing when their product have a cost of $0 to the end user. Chew on that for awhile. These devices are saving 90% in energy cost over powering up standard PCs. In fact because of the energy efficiency, energy companies are starting to give rebates that could eliminate the cost of the devices all together ! I would like to see others compete with NComputing when their product have a cost of $0 to the end user.

Chew on that for awhile.

]]> By: Nour http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-3549 Nour Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:41:18 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-3549 Full success ... This is a good solution of what we will see in the near future. Full success …

This is a good solution of what we will see

in the near future.

]]> By: Nour http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-20620 Nour Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:41:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-20620 Full success ... This is a good solution of what we will see in the near future. Full success …

This is a good solution of what we will see

in the near future.

]]> By: Nour http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-20621 Nour Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:41:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-20621 Full success ... This is a good solution of what we will see in the near future. Full success …

This is a good solution of what we will see

in the near future.

]]> By: ntopics http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-3548 ntopics Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:00:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-3548 Very cool network computer. We need more energy efficient appliances. This is a good example of what we will see in the near future. thanks from tony Very cool network computer.

We need more energy efficient

appliances. This is a good

example of what we will see

in the near future.

thanks from tony

]]> By: ntopics http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/03/ncomputing-the-energy-efficient-70-pc/#comment-20618 ntopics Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1423#comment-20618 Very cool network computer. We need more energy efficient appliances. This is a good example of what we will see in the near future. thanks from tony Very cool network computer.

We need more energy efficient

appliances. This is a good

example of what we will see

in the near future.

thanks from tony

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