[Info-vax] VMware

[Grant Taylor]

On 12/10/19 7:00 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> I detest laptops, tablets, and smart phones.  But that's me as a 
> developer.  Not going to happen on devices with non-friendly input devices.

How much of your preferred workstation is anything other than something 
that the keyboard, mouse / trackball / etc., monitor, speakers, and 
possibly other USB devices accessories plug into?

What would you say if there was a possibility that you could have the 
same peripherals connected to a GUI dumb terminal, and you had the same 
(or better) performance as you have now?

Now what if that pending memory upgrade was as simple as a VDI config 
change and a reboot, if the reboot was even necessary.

> I do use a tablet as a book reader, and sometimes as a moving map 
> navigation device when flying.  I admit that such devices do well for 
> users of technology.

That sounds to me like what I describe as devices used to consume things.

The workstation above is decidedly a production device.

> But you still got the laptop, desktop, or other user interface.

Yes and no.

You need a device to connect things to.  But nothing states what form 
factor it must take or what peripherals must be used.



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Grant. . . .
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