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Originally Posted by Kelvin R
That's not entirely true, as the latest version of Citrix has an offline function. I imagine this or a Vmware image is what is going to be on the 16 Gb image on the flash card provided for the laptops.
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Nah that's not how Vmare works. Basically you have a real server somewhere which is running VMware. On this server you create virtual workstations.
The image that is on the laptop will boot the laptop into a 'thin client' mode, which will then connect over the network to the virtual workstation. As the connection is over RDP (or I think Citrix too) you can also use thin clients such as the Wyse/HP if you desire.
Where I work we do something very similar but without the need for a seperate immage. I imagine in Jetstar's case this is an added security meassure of some kind. In our own office we use traditional PC's, but on the road we connect to our virtual PC using RDP. This can either be on our remote office's network or indeed from any IP connection, including the Internet at home.
The great thing about Vmware is security, as the PC is essentialy in a controlled enviorment.