Patent ID: 8650092

Claim:
An ordering system, comprising: at least one ordering server that is coupled to a network and operable to: receive, from a customer information handling system (IHS) over the network, a first selection of at least one software application; and simulate, through a customer session provided remotely over the network and through a virtual desktop on the customer IHS, the operation of the at least one software application by providing a simulated IHS over the network and through the virtual desktop on the customer IHS, wherein the simulated IHS is operable to receive a plurality of different instructions for the at least one software application over the network from the customer IHS and execute application operations, using the plurality of different instructions for the at least one software application, over the network on the customer IHS, and wherein the execution of application operations permit a customer using the customer IHS to evaluate a capability of the at least one software application.