Wyse x90 versus Netbooks

[u8dmtm]

We are introducing Citrix and this will include a number of thin-client laptops.

 

We have trialled the Wyse x90 and been very impressed, however the cost of about £400 seems steep when netbooks are in the region of £200.

 

I am therefore thinking of using netbooks instead of the Wyse x90s because we could buy more / spend less.

 

Can anyone sugest any downsides to this thinking?

[Bezwick]

I would suggest it depends on what you want. We have a load of old laptops for teachers around the school which are too slow for the teachers to use. I wanted to set them up as wireless thin clients as we already have a terminal server.

These laptops are very slow with xp on, and consequently take too long to logon.

 

See my previous thread

 

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/thin-client-virtual-machines/24930-thin-client-laptops.html

 

However if you want people to boot into linus or windows on a netbook and then start the thin client, but still have access to the desktop it shouldnt be a problem.

However if like me you wanted it to boot straight to the TS login screen, it may be a bit of a pain unless you know a fair bit about linux, as xp doesn't cut it very well.

 

Hope that helps

 

PS i gave up with the idea of using laptops as wireless thin clients as my knowledege of linux is too limited and i had no idea where to start. But if you know more about linux it could be worth a punt.