[inigyou]

We really abandoned the idea when computers got so cheap that you could just have a separate computer at each station. Mini PCs are $200, how will your solution compete with that? Thin clients won't get much cheaper than that as they have all the same hardware. Thin-client-less multi-user systems might, but the extra administration complexity ($howmany per sysadmin hour?) will make it a tight squeeze and you may as well just stick with what's familiar.

You could have more luck with AIO PCs.

[aa-jv]

Everything you say is true, NUC's kind of ate this problem.

Still, one of these days I'll get around to setting up a system like this, just for the fun of it.

I can think of a few applications where it would be fun. Music-making, for example ..

[vel0city]

I like this guy's series on building out a collection of SunRay thin clients connecting back to his SPARC server.

https://youtu.be/9BW-mbC7Xag

[inigyou]

Linus Tech Tips did one for gaming, just for fun. https://youtube.com/watch?v=uKJw8IKVYQ8