Linux Thin Clients
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@wirestyle22 said:
It depends on the job but most recently it's been an associates degree in computer science, which doesn't make sense to me. I'm not a programmer and you aren't hiring a programmer.
CS isn't for programmers. It is for algorithmic researchers. Programmers get IT degrees.
It makes no sense and tells you instantly that you talking to a company without the slightest idea or concern about IT. It's a garbage job requirement, often fake, and a great way to improve your job searches by eliminating those places from consideration. You aren't desperate or starving, focus on real and/or good jobs instead.
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Think of it like this...
Programming is to engineering as CS is to a physicist.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@wirestyle22 said:
It depends on the job but most recently it's been an associates degree in computer science, which doesn't make sense to me. I'm not a programmer and you aren't hiring a programmer.
CS isn't for programmers. It is for algorithmic researchers. Programmers get IT degrees.
It makes no sense and tells you instantly that you talking to a company without the slightest idea or concern about IT. It's a garbage job requirement, often fake, and a great way to improve your job searches by eliminating those places from consideration. You aren't desperate or starving, focus on real and/or good jobs instead.
I intend to take advantage of all of the good advice I've been given here. Hopefully I will learn quickly. On a side note my fiance just got a job with the state paying...a lot so that's great. Motivated me to get out there even more.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
Yes... but what about the RDS Server cost, the RDS CALs, the management overhead....
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
Yes... but what about the RDS Server cost, the RDS CALs, the management overhead....
Like I said, ain't cheap $299 isn't cheap - especially when you compare all the other stuff needed to make Thin Clients work compared to a desktop PC.
Even if you take my listed HP at $599, you'll be hard pressed to get a Thin Client solution in place for less than $599 per station when you consider the MS licensing, the server hardware, etc.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
Yes... but what about the RDS Server cost, the RDS CALs, the management overhead....
Like I said, ain't cheap $299 isn't cheap - especially when you compare all the other stuff needed to make Thin Clients work compared to a desktop PC.
Even if you take my listed HP at $599, you'll be hard pressed to get a Thin Client solution in place for less than $599 per station when you consider the MS licensing, the server hardware, etc.
I would never use Microsoft specifically because of the licensing cost
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@wirestyle22 said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
Yes... but what about the RDS Server cost, the RDS CALs, the management overhead....
Like I said, ain't cheap $299 isn't cheap - especially when you compare all the other stuff needed to make Thin Clients work compared to a desktop PC.
Even if you take my listed HP at $599, you'll be hard pressed to get a Thin Client solution in place for less than $599 per station when you consider the MS licensing, the server hardware, etc.
I would never use Microsoft specifically because the licensing
You were thinking Linux terminal server?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
Yes... but what about the RDS Server cost, the RDS CALs, the management overhead....
Like I said, ain't cheap $299 isn't cheap - especially when you compare all the other stuff needed to make Thin Clients work compared to a desktop PC.
Even if you take my listed HP at $599, you'll be hard pressed to get a Thin Client solution in place for less than $599 per station when you consider the MS licensing, the server hardware, etc.
I would never use Microsoft specifically because the licensing
You were thinking Linux terminal server?
Yes if possible. I have no experience with it. NOTE: I did put this in my original post as well
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@wirestyle22 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
Yes... but what about the RDS Server cost, the RDS CALs, the management overhead....
Like I said, ain't cheap $299 isn't cheap - especially when you compare all the other stuff needed to make Thin Clients work compared to a desktop PC.
Even if you take my listed HP at $599, you'll be hard pressed to get a Thin Client solution in place for less than $599 per station when you consider the MS licensing, the server hardware, etc.
I would never use Microsoft specifically because the licensing
You were thinking Linux terminal server?
Yes if possible. I have no experience with it. NOTE: I did put this in my original post as well
Why? What's the point in making a TS out of it? Why not install cheap Linux boxes instead?
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@Dashrender said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
Yes... but what about the RDS Server cost, the RDS CALs, the management overhead....
Like I said, ain't cheap $299 isn't cheap - especially when you compare all the other stuff needed to make Thin Clients work compared to a desktop PC.
Even if you take my listed HP at $599, you'll be hard pressed to get a Thin Client solution in place for less than $599 per station when you consider the MS licensing, the server hardware, etc.
I would never use Microsoft specifically because the licensing
You were thinking Linux terminal server?
Yes if possible. I have no experience with it. NOTE: I did put this in my original post as well
Why? What's the point in making a TS out of it? Why not install cheap Linux boxes instead?
You're kind of arguing with my previous impression which is now moot. I was just clarifying for Scott that I meant Linux. Still going to installed cheap linux boxes.
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@wirestyle22 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
Yes... but what about the RDS Server cost, the RDS CALs, the management overhead....
Like I said, ain't cheap $299 isn't cheap - especially when you compare all the other stuff needed to make Thin Clients work compared to a desktop PC.
Even if you take my listed HP at $599, you'll be hard pressed to get a Thin Client solution in place for less than $599 per station when you consider the MS licensing, the server hardware, etc.
I would never use Microsoft specifically because the licensing
You were thinking Linux terminal server?
Yes if possible. I have no experience with it. NOTE: I did put this in my original post as well
I missed that. That's better, still crazy, but better
Can't do Zero Clients with that generally.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
Yes... but what about the RDS Server cost, the RDS CALs, the management overhead....
Like I said, ain't cheap $299 isn't cheap - especially when you compare all the other stuff needed to make Thin Clients work compared to a desktop PC.
Even if you take my listed HP at $599, you'll be hard pressed to get a Thin Client solution in place for less than $599 per station when you consider the MS licensing, the server hardware, etc.
I would never use Microsoft specifically because the licensing
You were thinking Linux terminal server?
Yes if possible. I have no experience with it. NOTE: I did put this in my original post as well
I missed that. That's better, still crazy, but better
Can't do Zero Clients with that generally.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
yeah, but $500 is 40% less than that. I could give up 2 years worth of warranty and move to a ProDesk 400MT for $599 for an i5, with 4 GB RAM
Sure, but you aren't comparing against thin clients.
LOL - now mind you it's been years since I looked at thin clients, they were $299/ea on average from HP and other big name thin client providers, and that was without a monitor.
Thin clients definitely aren't cheap.
Yes... but what about the RDS Server cost, the RDS CALs, the management overhead....
Like I said, ain't cheap $299 isn't cheap - especially when you compare all the other stuff needed to make Thin Clients work compared to a desktop PC.
Even if you take my listed HP at $599, you'll be hard pressed to get a Thin Client solution in place for less than $599 per station when you consider the MS licensing, the server hardware, etc.
I would never use Microsoft specifically because the licensing
You were thinking Linux terminal server?
Yes if possible. I have no experience with it. NOTE: I did put this in my original post as well
I missed that. That's better, still crazy, but better
Can't do Zero Clients with that generally.
Better to be less crazy than all crazy I say
