π Arguably this approach could be considered to be what the Windows world describes as a 'Virtual Desktop Environment'. (The second and subsequent users actually get first asked if they want to start their own session or share an existing one.) This approach does not quite count as a true thin client approach since the Mac mini client is actually a full fat Mac. If you have multiple different user accounts defined on the server - ideally via Open Directory then it will let each user simultaneously start their own individual sessions. You would login to the Mac as normal but then as mentioned by cdhw initiate a Screen Sharing session to the server. a Mac mini running normal Mac OS X but it does not need any applications installed. There are two possible approaches, one of these however would not count as a 'pure' Thin Client approach.Δ―irstly you can have a normal Mac e.g. What many people maybe unaware of is that yes in theory this is possible in a pure Mac environment. This is all also typically associated with Windows servers and sessions. A 'Thin Client' is typically used in conjunction with a 'Terminal Server'. The term 'Thin Client' usually means a stripped down box which has no operating system or applications itself and runs all of these from a session on a server.
