In laymans terms, how does the software allow ten stations on one machine?
A. The CPU on a Modern Desktop Computer is idle over 98% of the time, and can easily be shared amongst multiple users. Launching applications, rendering web pages, and starting up the computer all require substantial amounts of CPU, but most of the time people aren’t doing these things. Users spend far more time reading web pages, thinking or typing. It’s analogous to having 10 taps in your house: rendering a web-page is like pouring a glass of water, if 10 people decided to fill their glass at once, the water would come out more slowly; however this rarely, if ever happens. For the most part users will find DiscoverStation® more responsive and fast than a typical PC. The notion of having more than one user share a computer is not new; mainframe computers and thin-client computing are examples of this.
