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        <title><![CDATA[The Hype curve]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've been hearing about the rise of the thin client since my days acting as a planner and listening to the gang at Gartner.My company sells both PCs and thin clients, and given the price gap has significantly narrowed, no one seems to want to buy a thin on price. Where they do want them is where users have had issues with viruses, or HW issues, and they want to use terminal services. Another group use old PCs running W2K and using RDP into a Terminal server with XP sessions, avoiding the hasseles of replacing PCs.Despite having an application and a networking environment that lends itself, few clients want to dive into thin clients. The ones that do seem happy with their choice.James]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JamesRL]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:26:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not sure yet, but ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I do know A LOT of IT leaders who are either evaluating or testing thin clients (especially VDI). It could be that many of them are holding off buying new desktops until they figure out their thin client strategy.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonhiner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:57:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vista is influencing many decisions, that is why we all]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[seek the XP.  My company just purchased me a new laptop with the Vista branded on the cover, however the company gave me the unit with XP.  Thank God.  Windows 7 is a remake of Vista, is it not still version 6?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[SilverBullet]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:28:55 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's a corporate vs consumer thing]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dell is big into the corporate environment, while HP (with the Compaq brands) is heavy into the consumer retail channels.  If you go to Walmart, Future Shop, etc. you see a lot of HP.  The point of the article is that corporate buying is down, so this would hurt Dell (and Lenovo) far more than HP.  Acer is doing ok because they are into the netbooks, which are hot right now.  That end of the market isn't damaged by recession as much.IMHO, if the recession takes longer to recover, you will see a decline in the HP stuff as more and more of the population is impacted.  Corporations feel the pinch first, then lay off their staff, who feel the pinch later.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[RealGem]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:00:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[But I can get a desktop with XP]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't buy the Microsoft-bashing part.  Not that I'm a huge fan of them, but even though Vista has been out for a long time, we continue to buy desktop units and laptops with XP.  Vista has not influenced our decision on how many units to buy.  In fact, neither with Windows 7.  As long as we have a supported OS...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[RealGem]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:52:33 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[More of a plan]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[While MS wanted Vista adopted I don?t think they were that concerned with it being a bit of a flop.  It was a substantial  from XP which many business saw as a good OS.  I consider Vista as more of a stepping stone to get wide spread adoption of Windows 7.  This means that people that have looked at Vista have either increased their hardware specs or plan to meet Vista.  There has been much publicity about Windows 7 compared to Vista.  The real issue is a lot of companies do not have the money to upgrade or replace workers. Also the drive towards mobile computing is affecting things.  The idea of cloud computing with technology such as Citrix, VDI (or whatever it is called this week) have also impacted things.  Why buy a new PC when it is only hosting remote apps?  So I don?t agree with blame at Microsoft?s door, but I agree with you on Windows 7 will reflect in success.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Turin73]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:25:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Place blame at Microsoft's door]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I agree with your analysis in terms of the MS Windows.  Vista did not pass the smell test with enterprise systems and IT Directors.  Many are sitting on the sidelines with respect to new units.  Windows7's future will reflect in any success the PC makers may have.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[SilverBullet]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:13:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Global PC sales plummeted in Q1, dragged down by corporate desktop drop]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-311863-3101538]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[How much of this decline do you attribute to the increasing adoption of &quot;thin client&quot; or virtual desktop solutions?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[paul.arrowood@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:27:04 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Interesting Observation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most interesting portion of the article is the graphic showing a dramatic plunge in sales specific to Dell.  HP held their own, but Dell looked crushed.I wonder on what dimension Dells are losing -- price, functionality, design, quality, customer support?I'd be interested in something more in-depth on that.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bebedo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:33:28 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Several Factors]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It really should be no surprise that desktop sales are declining.  Laptop computers offer most of the functionality plus mobility that users desire -- and the increase in laptop sales mentioned here show that demographic.Also, game systems are replacing the home buyers' desktop system.  When you can go online and play on the X-box, Nintendo, or PS#, once again, you need a compelling reason to shell out thousands of dollars for a desktop gaming system.Finally, businesses will not upgrade to Vista with Windows 7 on the horizon and Vista widely panned as a dog -- no matter what the marketers say, the failure of Vista in enterprise systems is a fact.  Why train twice, why go through the administrative headaches (if not nightmare) of implementing a Vista system when W7 promises to be more efficient, stable, and dynamic (if the beta testers are to be believed, and there's no reason not to).So if you are a personal user, you are using alternatives; if you are a business user, you are waiting.Makes perfect sense (cents)!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bebedo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:30:49 -0700</pubDate>
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