Where you use thin clients judiciously, the benefits will be obvious and immediate. Where you force-fit them to work, they will undoubtedly spell trouble. The key to lower administrative costs of a network is understanding that different tools should be used for different jobs. An all or nothing approach to replacing aging equipment may not be the right solution for a company. Likewise, thin clients may not be the complete solution for every company or every task.
Administrative costs tend to spiral out of control when the wrong tool is used for the job.
Several employees share desktop computers. Remote users are difficult to support. Because thin clients are simpler than PCs, thin clients are less prone to breakdown an administrator can more easily swap thin clients, because thin clients have no local software or data to restore. Workstation, PCs, and laptops are more difficult to secure because they store software and data locally. Other text-based terminals such as IBM 3270s need to be replace.