Amazon Windows VDI

wes allen

Looks kinda cool, $35 a month isn't to bad, I guess.

https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/pricing/

the_Grinch

Literally just read an article about this! While interesting, I do question if you would get the ROI. When I was at the university we often talked about this since a large number of people could use this setup without issue (all web apps and Office). So at first, $50 a month sounds like it would do it. But that is $600 a year and at that price you are talking about a new desktop for every user every year. With our discounts, we were slightly under $500 a year per machine and since most of our apps were web apps people could work from home anyhow (not that they ever did). Definitely a great concept and I do tend to think VDI will be the future, but right now it's tough to justify. Especially since they'll still need some form of hardware to run the virtual desktop so you're still spending cash on that.

MrAgent

The terminals aren't too terribly expensive.

Wyse V10L Thin Client (902132-01L,902138-01L,902138-51L) - Thin Client

Looks like they can be had for less than $200.

dave330i

CapEx saving with VDI never made sense. OpEx savings, data mobility & security are the reasons to go VDI.

010101

$35/month is $1200 over 3 years.
Cheaper to just buy a laptop...

wes allen

Pretty sure you are missing the point, but VDI is a pretty complex issue, and your needs might not match the target audence. And, as Dave mentioned capital outlay isn't usually / yet the reason for VDI. Kinda like saying whats the point of dropbox when you can just buy USB drives...

010101 wrote: »

$35/month is $1200 over 3 years.
Cheaper to just buy a laptop...

rsutton

If I had to guess what technology is going to have the biggest growth in 2014 I would guess it is going to be BYOD & AWS is posed to be the leader in this area. I really dig the AD integration of their VDI as well as the mobile apps they are already pushing. I plan on giving this a try in the future.