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flymo · 26-10-11, 12:36 PM

We have a few options;

Managed Windows clients for most users, mix of desktop and laptops.

Virtual clients used for many development purposes, VMs run all sorts (Windows, Linux etc)

We often use separate dedicated test client hardware for running alternate OSs too but personally I've managed for the past couple of years by beefing up my laptop and running VMs for everything. I have a complete virtual AD directory environment and a few virtual test clients all running in VMWare workstation. No more messy hardware clogging up my desk, and its portable.

Possible future option could be to use VDI hosting virtual clients on dedicated data center hardware but the infrastructure can be prohibitively expense to get started, although cheaper to manage afterwards.

26-10-11, 12:36 PM	#2
flymo Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North West Posts: 3,124	Re: A question to the corporate techies We have a few options; Managed Windows clients for most users, mix of desktop and laptops. Virtual clients used for many development purposes, VMs run all sorts (Windows, Linux etc) We often use separate dedicated test client hardware for running alternate OSs too but personally I've managed for the past couple of years by beefing up my laptop and running VMs for everything. I have a complete virtual AD directory environment and a few virtual test clients all running in VMWare workstation. No more messy hardware clogging up my desk, and its portable. Possible future option could be to use VDI hosting virtual clients on dedicated data center hardware but the infrastructure can be prohibitively expense to get started, although cheaper to manage afterwards. Last edited by flymo; 26-10-11 at 12:38 PM.