Thin clients hungry for XP
C|Net | at | by Mike
Wyse Technology, the top manufacturer of stripped-down computers known as "thin clients," is launching a terminal that will run the embedded version of Windows XP. But the thin-client lobby has moved away from the Java clients proposed six years ago, toward a closer relationship with Microsoft. "We are Microsoft's partner of the year," Yeo said. A total of 3.5 million thin clients will be sold in EMEA in 2005, according to predictions made by research firm IDC in June. Thin clients with embedded XP will typically pay for themselves in three to eight months, according to Gartner research quoted by Yeo.