Windows Thin PC Available for Download
Two days ago windows team blog announced that Windows Thin PC is available for download for Software Assurance customers from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Site. A thin PC is a computer which heavily depends on other computer, normally a server to complete a task. According to Microsoft Windows Thin PC will be locked down version of Windows 7. Microsoft claims that this will provide organizations significant benefits such as reduced end point cost for VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure). Windows Thin PC allows organizations to re-purpose existing PCs as thin clients which will avoid the requirement of additional hardware.
As said before WinTPC is a locked down version of Windows 7, that is any device capable of running Windows 7 can run WinTPC too.It can be run on laptops also, whereas cannot be run on a Virtual Machine.
It will be able to run applications under following categories:
- Remote desktop clients
- Management
- Security
- Media players
But Microsoft reveals that it cannot run productivity applications such as Microsoft Office.
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