I now have to effectively maintain two machines In a VDI infrastructure, your physical desktop should be either literally or effectively a dump terminal that g

I now have to effectively maintain two machines In a VDI infrastructure, your physical desktop should be either literally or effectively a dump terminal that gives you access to your virtual desktop. Why would you be using both? The server isn't even notably faster than my MacBook That isn't the benefit. The benefit is having a desktop you can access from anywhere with Internet access regardless of what physical client you have access to. Another benefit is that everything is centrally backed up including a full-fidelity copy of your workstation. Another benefit is that it is lower cost than distributing high-end desktops/laptops to users.