Last month, we discussed how the often used “Return on Investment” statistic is one that is skewed by the data that is or is not used to determine initial cash layout of a proposed deployment. However, one important part of that equation that has always been unavoidable when pricing out a proposed deployment is hardware. When thin clients were first introduced, their initial cost savings over PCs was obvious. But over the last decade, PC prices have continued to drop while thin client prices have, for the most part, stayed the same. A quick review of new product press releases this month from manufacturers such as AIS, HP, Acer, and Ncomputing shows that while some thin clients can still be purchased at a very manageable price point, most of the current models on the market can cost up to $700 per unit.