New technologies in PC.

I'm going to introduce two new technologies.

1. Thin client

Nec is now selling Lui, home server client solution,
which enables us to use PC at home through wireless and wired LAN.
The thin client which is named remoter is used as a remote desktop.
So the remoter doesn't have to have a fast CPU
and hence it doesn't need much electric power.
The weight of the remoter is only about 649g.
It is less than half of the famous macbook air.

I'm looking forward to using the technology.
But there are a lot of restrict.
For example, LAN is required
and any other data communication is not available.
So you cannot use this computer outside without the environment.

This technology seems to be too cutting edge that you can't use it easily.


2. Splashtop / Express Gate

It is a function in a mother board of ASUS.
It takes only 7 seconds to boot the OS.
And then you can email, check internet and use skype.
As you might expect there are a lot of limitation,
say, you can't install original program.
Still this kind of instant access to internet is very useful.
Actually a lot of people doesn't need all ability that famous OSes have.
In the busy morning, you can check internet immediately.

I didn't know this function when I bought new mother board in January.
I should have known this!