I have wondered about this when reading the wonderful advantages of thin clients. Unless the rendering is done at the server and somehow transmitted over the network to the monitor (don't ask me how), the client still has to render the desktop. Depending on what you are displaying that can take a fair bit of system resources. A full KDE desktop would then not display well on a 486;~) and would require a video card with at least 32mb ram and 128mb of system ram along with the cpu power to process that much data.
Of course if all you are displaying is a database frontend for a retail or warehouse operation with minimal colour and no html/xml the necessary resources would be a LOT less and a 486 might do it.
This, at least, is what I surmise. Others I'm sure have hands on experience with what is required.
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Posted by: WarPengi on April 15, 2005 02:43 AMOf course if all you are displaying is a database frontend for a retail or warehouse operation with minimal colour and no html/xml the necessary resources would be a LOT less and a 486 might do it.
This, at least, is what I surmise. Others I'm sure have hands on experience with what is required.
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