Using a Cheap PC as a Thin client

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Using a Cheap PC as a Thin client

With Tom Fenton

2 minutes

1 month ago

Using a Cheap PC as a Thin client

With Windows 10's end of support less than a month away, I reviewed my articles on the topic and created podcasts about it.

This podcast is based on an article I wrote for Virtualization Review last year, detailing the repurposing of an inexpensive mini-PC as a thin client. I found that a sub-$100 device was marginally capable of running Windows 10 for basic tasks, but was unsuitable for office applications and lacked support for Windows 11, resulting in a short lifespan.

The core of the article focuses on installing and testing 10ZiG's free RepurpOS, a thin-client operating system designed to extend the life of older hardware by connecting to an Omnissa Horizon virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).

The results show that a low-powered PC or one that does not support Windows 10 performs significantly better when running RepurpOS to connect to a virtual desktop, easily handling streaming videos and Microsoft Office applications with low CPU utilization, proving its viability as an affordable VDI client.

https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2024/01/29/cheap-pc-on-free-os.aspx