The teacher has the option of having students computers display the host computer screen during lectures, allowing each student to do his or her class work independently. The teacher has complete flexibility and control over thin client activities. Most users, when asked about their computer experience, will tell you they use their computer all the time, but they are actually typing in a word processor program, or reading e-mail. These are not compute-intensive applications. What the user is trying to say is that he or she needs access to his or her computer all the time.
Thin clients tend to make more computers available to everyone all the time.
With thin clients being much less expensive on a per-seat basis, more seats can be made available. Since servers usually use large hard drives, the user hard drive space appears to be virtually infinite, and enterprise data can be backed up easily. Most thin clients are well able to run large screens, up to 1600 x 1200 pixels, and the nicer models are packaged with the very desirable flat panel displays. In addition, the thin client computing environment is much more secure. Because there are no removable drives, students cannot run foreign disks that may have a virus.