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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gottfried who wrote (2247)	8/11/2002 5:02:25 PM
From: Jeffrey D	Respond to of 25522

Thanks, G. According to IDC Research, we do have chips aboard thin clients. Jeff << The thin client offers ASPs a device within which there is simply less to go wrong. Both mechanically and functionally (i.e., in terms of an environment for executing applications) the thin client by design limits the scope of potential problems. Mechanically, the thin client has few, if any, moving parts. Onboard memory is usually flash or disk-on-chip memory. Unlike disks and other "spinning media," flash memory is less vulnerable to mechanical failures and systemic problems. Many of today's PCs (aka "fat clients") fail because of viruses and other catastrophic malfunctions associated with floppy and other user-accessible drives. Hardware, features, and functions supported at the servers are easier to ensure than individual computing environments. From power backup and conditioning to redundancy and recovery, the server environment allows efficiencies too costly to lavish on clients. >>