Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

What’s a toned client?

Opinion
Sep 1, 20051 min

Thin clients haven’t taken the world by storm as vendors hoped, so perhaps a name change is in order?

Vendor Neoware sent out a press release yesterday titled “You Say Thin Clients, I Say Toned Clients” that, unfortunately, never explained what makes a “toned client.”

For us, “thin client” conjures up images of skeletal, lollipop-headed actresses whose pictures always scare us in the supermarket checkout line.

Maybe a move toward “toned” clients projects a healthier image? Or maybe PR people are just making up words again.