The hidden costs of repurposing laptops
Keeping pace with evolving technology demands is an increasing challenge for businesses. Software licenses and tool sprawl rapidly eat into technology budgets so when it comes to hardware, it’s perhaps unsurprising that there is a tendency to extend the lifecycle of products, rather than replace them.
IT Product Manager & Cloud Device Business Manager at LG Electronics.
One example of this is repurposing old laptops into thin clients. In simple terms, a thin client is a device that runs services and software from a centralized server, allowing users to access their desktop environment from any device with an internet connection. This cloud-based approach removes the need for very powerful, and often costly devices as most of the computing power and storage remains on the server.
This method is intended to extend the machine lifecycle, removing the up-front cost of new hardware and when budgets are tight or profits are...
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