[Info-vax] VMware

[Alexander Schreiber]

Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 12/10/2019 7:31 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
>>
>> Virtual desktops are a thing. Your "desktop" no longer is a box under your
>> desk, but a VM in a datacenter somewhere. You connect to it via your laptop.
>
> 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.

Well, you don't _have_ to use the laptop HID. One common use case I've seen
is that people use a laptop as their primary machine, but hooked up to a
docking station. So when they are at their desk, they use a full size monitor
(24" ... 30" or whatever), a proper keyboard and whatever mouse/trackball
they prefer. Going to a meeting? Disconnect from docking station, grab
laptop, reconnect when you come back.

> 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.
>
>> It runs a standard image. If it is badly broken, it gets automatically
>> reimaged on request with the standard image.
>
> A powerful argument.
>
>> Saves power, hardware and more importantly: support costs.
>>
>> And that is only one example.
>
> But you still got the laptop, desktop, or other user interface.

Well, increasingly it is a chromebook instead of a laptop. Those are fully
interchangeable. Chromebook died/lost/stolen/malfunctions? Grab another
one, log in, done and you've got your setup back.

Kind regards,
             Alex.
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