The only things that seem to stutter for us on VDI is heavy graphics performance. Our power users use VDI XP desktops under VMWare View and they run like a charm most of the time.
2009/11/20 Thomas W Shinder <[email protected]> > VDI is good unless you actually need to get some actual high level work > done. > > It's good for data entry, but outside of that -- you're going to be in a > world of hurt. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:10 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to > install whatever > > The other interesting and amazing thing is that some major companies > are using dumb, thin clients and doing VDI, so that they can control > costs. > > I'm more in that camp, really. > > Giving users their choice of software, letting them be admins on their > machines, etc., make very little sense, unless it's a very small > company with a very sophisticated user base. > > And even then I'd be nervous. > > Kurt > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 15:27, Alex Eckelberry > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The interesting and amazing thing is that this really is where some major > > companies are going – giving their users stipends to buy whatever > equipment > > they want, etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:13 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install > > whatever > > > > > > > > Discuss: > > > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703567204574499032945309844.html > > > > > > > > I believe this is more an indictment of the low quality of journalism > > nowadays. It's little more than a rant on his employer's IT policies. > In > > no instance does he discuss the measured effect of IT policies might have > > within an organization. He makes vague allusions to the productivity > gains > > users could acheive if allowed to use any software they felt necessary to > do > > their job. Near the end of the article he does finally discuss some of > the > > valid reasons for constraining users ability to install shiny new > software > > in order to be more "productive." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
