Can you imagine writing technical documents or doing CAD on a tablet? Sure the percentages may change, but the desktop will not go away anytime soon. It might run on a thin client, but there's still a place for a desktop - even if virtual.
Pundits have been predicting things like "the death of Citrix" and "the year of the Linux desktop" for a long while. I haven't noticed either of them happening. YMMV, IMO, etc. ---Blackberried -----Original Message----- From: Roger Wright <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:40:41 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>Subject: Death of the Desktops? There are a number of pundits pushing the notion that desktop computing is facing certain death, and especially for desktop computers as we've known them up to now. Indeed, there are more portable offerings available than desktop machine options, but with a higher price/performance/feature ratio. I'm not sure I buy it, especially for many business environments where access to legacy apps is critical. But it does give me something to consider as we face our annual equipment refresh cycle. What are your thoughts? Roger Wright ___ If I could choose any way to destroy the world, I'd delete Google. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
