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helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Huh, thinking about it, I’ve never seen a computer in the 2009 icon form factor. Sure there’s the simple rectangle case, but that skinny silver curved case?

Also, its kind of funny the 2026 version is an all-in-one-computer, which is more of Apple’s thing. Sure there’s probably a dozen options for a Windows all in one, but when I see that icon I think of an iMac.

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Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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- richie_golds@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You know something, I have a weird soft spot for thin clients. They’re so little and compact, but they do ordinary computer things?! Hmm… I think I need to be on the lookout for some to add to my collection so I can ~~force~~ get them to compile Gentoo for three days, or something equally silly. I’ve made a Compaq Deskpro EN run Arch Linux 32, so there’s that.
  
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  - wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You probably already know, but for the crowd:
    
    Usually thin clients are clients that remotely connect into a central server that runs their VM, and the VM actually handles the compute. Like older mainframe and endpoint setups.
    
    There’s still some minor compute hardware/resources on the thin client itself, but it’ll probably be more lightweight than expected. Maybe equivalent to an early model raspi?
    
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- Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  No, that’s the PlayStation -1.
  
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- helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Neat!
  
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- Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  A school i went to around 2010 had something similar
  
  It was all to connect remotely to a real server that ran windows
  
  The device on the desktop was just for connecting peripherals, power, ethernet and monitor
  
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maltasoron@sopuli.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Maybe the 2009 computer is supposed to be a thin client. Those are more prevalent in business settings.

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poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I think the 2009 icon depicts a paper portfolio folder next to an LCD monitor. The computer case is elsewhere under the desk.

The 2026 icon depicts only the LCD monitor

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stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Well, it was modeled after “This PC” that being the one he happened to be using when he made the picture, you better be glad it wasn’t modeled after a 2006 Wacom Tablet.

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