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Title ("Windows on Chromebook at last"... will probably be changed by mods since it doesn't match the source post) is somewhat misleading in that this is just a
by georgemcbay 13y ago
Title ("Windows on Chromebook at last"... will probably be changed by mods since it doesn't match the source post) is somewhat misleading in that this is just a remote desktop client to VMWare Horizon.
I'm sure this solution is nice for people that are already invested in the VMWare Horizon infrastructure, but for people with Chromebooks who are already tied to physical Windows machines just using Chrome Remote Desktop (which has been supported on Chromebooks for quite a while) is probably the better solution.
- DonGateley 13y agoIf they've got one more appropriate I welcome the change. Yes, initially for enterprise, but once the door is open and traveled by experts a bit to wring it out and simplify it it becomes everyone's egress. The fact of an app store app for it (mentioned at the bottom) portends that future.
- nl 13y agoThis has been around for a while, and there are plenty of other solutions: Citrix and Ericom both have a similar product. There is also the Google developed RDP client for Chrome[1]. Outside of enterprise (and development) it isn't a very interesting market - the fraction of people who need Windows apps, have a Windows machine and a Chromebook, and are bothered enough by having to physically access their own Windows machine is pretty small. The "remote assistance" market is somewhat different, but that is served by quite a lot of applications. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-remote-desktop/gbchcmhmhahfdphkhkmpfmihenigjmpp?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-remote-desk...
- gigl 13y agoIt's just a refresh of VMWare Blast. Citrix has had this for ~a year as well with StoreFront + Receiver for HTML5 for access to datacenter-hosted virtual desktops.