The technology isn’t ready to run yet though – NVIDIA says things will kick off with an early access program in Q4. The companies are also talking up a better experience for those running Microsoft Office in a virtual desktop, which is a much more compelling usecase of the technology. It’s said that at least part of the new code runs directly inside the Chromebook’s firmware. Take a look for yourself:Īll of this is possible thanks to a new generation of “VMware BLAST Performance technology”. The 13.3in laptop comes with a Tegra K1 CPU, hums along at 2.1GHz CPU, and packs a 192-core GPU. Google demonstrates what’s possible on one of the higher-end Chromebooks available – the Acer Chromebook 13, released earlier this month and priced at $279. Now, it’s partnering with both companies to combine those elements so even the most demanding and ‘graphically rich’ apps can be run on its lightweight Chromebooks.

It offers the BLAST client to bring Horizon View apps to Chromebooks, and it uses NVIDIA’s vGPU kit to virtualize GPUs and dole out power to virtual desktops, helping to make things like CAD apps run on the Chrome OS. VMware already has existing relationships with Google and NVIDIA. It’s latest plan? It’s teaming up with VMware Inc., and Nvidia Corp., to bring some of the most demanding desktop apps to its low-cost, browser-based laptops. Once finished, log out of the computer.Google Inc., just won’t give up on its ambitions to unseat Windows from the desktop, no matter how hopeless it’s Chromebooks might look to business power users. This will start a session with the VDI you are using. Click on the machine you would like to use: Once logged in you will see a list of machines you can use (your view will differ from what is below). Enter your M圜olumbiaID and password, choose the correct domain (COLUM) and click Connect: You will now be prompted to enter your log-in credentials.

Enter the server name,, and click Connect: You should also see the app in the applications list:Īfter launching Horizon Client, you will need to enter the connection information. On the next page verify that you trying to install “Horizon Client for Chrome OS” and click “Add to ChromeĪfter you add the app you can launch the Horizon View client Install Horizon View for VDI access on ChomeOS Chromebook

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