This involves specifying the server name, user information, window size, bandwidth information and the default application, if any, to launch upon logon. Don't expect either of these products to provide clients with the kind of performance and response time that an NT 4.0 system on their desktop would. If you are a current WinFrame customer and are considering upgrading to TSE, you absolutely must have the MetaFrame add-on. It will save you a lot of time upgrading individual clients and will allow you to use non-Windows platforms as clients just as WinFrame does. How we ranked the two in different categories, key findings and vendor info.
Protocols differ A detailed look at the differences between the protocols used by the two systems.
Planning your TSE installation What you need to consider first. Citrix page Microsoft's TSE overview Shah has been writing on network topics since 1994. We installed the two applications on a small workgroup server with a 266-MHz Pentium II and 96M bytes of RAM, in a configuration designed to support approximately five users. Our client machines were 90-MHz Pentium systems running Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11. We started server-based applications from the clients.