Smart Client PC vs. a Thin Client PC what is the difference?
Smart Client PC vs. a Thin Client PC what is the difference?
(OP)
Can someone tell me what these refer to in layman's terms? (btw...Where do they come up with these names, is there a dumb client pc and a fat client PC?)





RE: Smart Client PC vs. a Thin Client PC what is the difference?
A smart client is pretty much the opposite, where the users computer has more memory and is faster so it can run the application locally. With this option the the PC is more expensive, but a server is not needed.
RE: Smart Client PC vs. a Thin Client PC what is the difference?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_client
RE: Smart Client PC vs. a Thin Client PC what is the difference?
Same thing would be a airline reservation system.
Most of the time Thin Clients don't even have hard drives. They have ROM to wake them up enough to just fetch the client SW which they then run providing the aforementioned functions.
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com