Additionally, you need some hardware to run the client on. Unlike cloud service hosting, the ability to explode performance is not frequent need. So what does i

Additionally, you need some hardware to run the client on. Unlike cloud service hosting, the ability to explode performance is not frequent need. So what does it give you? Imagine you alone are administrating 50-100 non-technical users computers. You need to fix every IT problem, test software upgrades then roll them out, support special software for specific users such as accounts, and re-teach the FD how to use network shares twice a week. Being able to hand each new employee a dumb client device, which just boots to an Amazon Desktop client, saves you a lot of time. Now hardware faliure = replace, no worrying about lost data. Everything else happens in the cloud, in a very standard 'shape' of instance. You just roll stuff out accross your cloud instances like any cloud admin. I think that's supposed to be the sell anyway.