I had similar revelations when I worked in recycling. There was a period however where semi-thin and semi-thick clients were being experimented with. Get you a

I had similar revelations when I worked in recycling. There was a period however where semi-thin and semi-thick clients were being experimented with. Get you a fatter client, that uses thin client provisioning and can be pressed into service as a hot seat RDP/Citrix machine, or used solo for other basic purposes.