The majority of applications being remotely virtualized in this manner are/will be general business applications--word processor, spreadsheet, etc--or line of b

The majority of applications being remotely virtualized in this manner are/will be general business applications--word processor, spreadsheet, etc--or line of business applications such as CRM or ticket management systems. These don't need much horsepower, and, in the case of Citrix-based application virtualization, can run on the providing server ("streamed") or have the bits delivered locally to the client for it to execute. I think Microsoft's App-V (SoftGrid) works the same way, but I'm unsure if it does streaming or just packaged delivery. Either way, a pool laptop need not be that powerful to "keep up with the Jonses'" who bought their own.