pow
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Morning all 
Basically, I need some advice on Thin Clients.
At work, for the Reception area, the boss and I have mounted a flatscreen on the wall to show some slideshows on rotation to waiting visitors.
I now need to purchase (for as small as price as possible) a computer with a legal copy of Windows to run these presentations.
I was flicking through the internet as you do and found that these "thin cleints" exist. We have a Windows 2003 server at work, and some of the older PC around the place use remote desktop to work as a client server relationship (these oldcomputers run anything from win98> .
Would a cheap thin client PC be able to plug into the network and work on a RDC connection to the server to run these slideshows?
The other advantage is that they are tiny and could be hidden in the small cupboard, otherwise uve got to get a PC that isnt soo small.
Thanks.
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Whittie
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What would you actually be showing on the monitor?
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pow
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Just the slideshow mate.
What im thinking is thin client, connected to that monitor, remote desktop to our server which will be running the presentation on a loop.
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Cosmo
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should of just bought a TV with itegrated DVD player. Could just of burnt any presentations to disc then and played it that way.
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pow
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They really didnt want that, did suggest and recommend that.
Its not a problem, ill just pick up a cheap semi decent machine if the thin client is a bad idea. Just if the thin client is a good idea, would make life soooo much easier 
Plus because we bought loads of monitors, this was real cheap.
[Edited on 17-09-2007 by pow]
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Whittie
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IMO just get a £18 dvd player from asda, and use that, dont see the point of the client idea, just creating work for no reason imo.
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pow
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But the boss wants to create her own slideshows for herself, she doesnt want DVD's or anything hanging around.
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sukhwant
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just buy a £70 dell computer from ebay....
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