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Featured Special
Wyse Winterm 9650XE
Special Price $1035
With Windows XP Embedded and a 15" bright LCD flat-panel monitor and integrated
multimedia speakers, the Winterm 9650XE ofers a rich built-in Internet browser,
multimedia and access to over 9000 peripherals. Ideal for healthcare, call
centers, retail, hospitality or any enterprise looking for expandability, it
also offers support for local applications embedding, enhanced support for
wireless connectivity, greater security and better manageability. The
expandable chassis has serial, parallel and two USB ports as well as a PCI
slot, internal IDE CD-ROM bay and internal WIFI 802.11b option.
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There are three different types of Wyse thin clients... which one
is right for you? Simple
Simple thin client desktops are appliance-like devices that access server-based
Windows applications, delivering excellent performance and low cost.
Everything runs on the server, so you'll typically
run multi-user Windows on a centrally managed server – using either the Citrix
ICA or the Microsoft RDP protocol – that remotely displays what is running on
the server right on a user's desktop. Every application you run, from payroll
to a browser, runs on the server. If you do plan on using a browser, consider
stepping up...
Powerful
Powerful thin clients
desktops do everything simple ones do and more! For instance, they have a basic
web browser built right into them, so they run web applications without placing
an extra burden on your servers. Plus, powerful clients support Citrix NFuse
and legacy dumb terminal emulation. Powerful thin clients are the right choice
if you plan to access simple intranet HTML pages and as a great transitional
replacement for green-screen terminals. If you need to access the Web in
general, consider moving to...
Flexible
Flexible thin clients have two very special features you
won't find on simple and powerful thin clients: First, they provide the latest,
greatest and richest general Internet Web browsing. Second, because they are
based on operating systems like Microsoft Windows NT Embedded, XP Embedded and
Linux, they also can run applications locally – right on the client, instead of
on the server.
Why run
applications on a thin client? Three reasons: 1.) Some applications just don't
behave in a Terminal Services environment, 2.) For a fault-tolerant network,
such as a retail terminal that can still ring-up sales even if the WAN goes
down, and 3.) Some applications, such as graphically intensive ones, have
special needs for performance or perhaps a second video card. Flexible thin
clients are also your best choice if you want to access complex web pages or
need access to a broad range of drivers and peripherals.
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Now a few words on selecting
the right chassis.
Basic
Typically, a basic chassis has USB ports, so you get limited ability to hook up
peripherals. Why is that important? Because your thin client OS must support
the devices you want to plug in. There are standalone basic chassis and
integrated basic chassis. Basic standalone chassis are very small – about the
size of a piece of paper folded in half. They can be mounted to be unobtrusive,
as well. Basic integrated chassis also just have USB ports, and come in two
varieties – CRT integrated and LCD (flat-panel) integrated. CRT integrated
clients are ideal single-button replacements for old dumb terminals. Flat-panel
integrated chassis are the right choice where space, power, consumption, heat
generation or sleek looks are important. (NOTE: USB to parallel and USB to
Serial cable adapters are available to allow certain "legacy" peripherals to
work with the USB port on a basic chassis.)
Standard
Because not all popular peripherals (credit cards wipers,
bar-code scanners, receipt printers, etc.) are available in USB versions, you
may want a standard chassis for its parallel and serial (legacy) ports and the
ability to add extra peripherals.
Expanded
An expanded chassis offers your choice of extras – a
PCI/ISA card slot for carder expansion, and CD-ROM and floppy disk drive
options. With an expanded chassis you'll get the benefits and manageability of
a thin client with the expansion capabilities of PCs.
Mobile
Mobile thin clients combine the benefits of desktop thin clients – security,
manageability, affordability, and reliability – with easy mobility. Plus two
PCMCIA ports, a USB port, and a PS2 port. If you need mobility and security,
you need a mobile thin client.
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