How can your organization lower the total cost of PC ownership?  By simply sharing the unused computing power of each PC with multiple users instead of buying a new computer system for everyone. Why not? If you think today's powerful PC is still not cheap enough, by all mean, share the unused computing power with multiple users.

How do you share a desktop PC with multiple users?

Choose an X-series desktop virtualization kit if all of your users are within 10 meters (33 feet) of the shared PC, and your PC has one or two open PCI slots. If that describes your environment, then you can take advantage of the multimedia performance and extremely low cost of the X-series Virtual Desktop PC Expansion Kit. Following is how the kit look like.

If you want to share a PC with more than 7 users, consider X550. If you want to share a PC with more than 11 users, and need to be more than 10 meters away from the shared computer, choose the L-series instead. 

The kit include everything you need.	Access Device can be mounted on a monitor

How does it works?

Simply install vSpace desktop virtualization, connect keyboard, mouse, and monitor to Access Device which connect to the PCI card on the PC.

The NComputing solution runs on desktop virtualization software, which loads onto standard PCs and allows them to be shared by multiple users. Each person runs their own applications, just like if they had their own PC. And each person has their own keyboard, monitor, and mouse. All of the computing takes place on the shared PC, and the user's keyboard, monitor and mouse communicate with the shared PC through the Access Devices.

Every user has their own keyboard, screen, settings, applications, and data files, so their experience is just like it would be if they were working on their own PC. Even USB devices that connect to the shared PC can be assigned to individual users. Users can simultaneously share almost any application—including web browsers, instant messaging , e-mail, office suites, and even multimedia. People who manage computers for schools, training rooms, libraries, and office applications love the X-series. 

Installation is simple. Install the PCI card into an open slot of a shared PC. Next, plug one end of each cable into the card and the other end into an NComputing access device. Even though standard Cat 5 UTP or Cat 6 STP cables are used, they don’t carry Ethernet signals. (That’s why they can’t be longer than 5 or 10 meters, respectively.) The cables do supply the power—as well as the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and audio signals—to the access device. That means no separate power adapters, which you’ll find incredibly convenient. Now connect the keyboards, monitors, and mice to the NComputing access devices. If you need USB peripherals, simply connect them to the computer and software will let you assign each device to an individual user.

If you want to share a PC with more than 7 users, consider X550. If you want to share a PC with more than 11 users, and need to be more than 10 meters away from the shared computer, choose the L-series instead.  Some desktop PC software license are based on per device (one license per PC, can be shared with multiple users); some software license are based on per user (each use required a license even they share one PC).

Please confirm with your respective software vendor to find out if a single license of their software can be shared on a desktop PC with multiple users. Not all software vendors work the same way.