Turning old machines into thin clients

[Force Flow]

I have a lab full of aging machines that could use some new life. Right now, they're all running windows 2000 on hardware that isn't exactly speedy anymore (about 5-7 years old).

Now, I had a thought last night and was wondering if anyone has come across or tried this. Basically, would it be possible to turn these machines into thin client/dumb terminals and run Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 for providing an O/S for the workstations?

If not, would there be another way to go about using them as thin clients/dumb terminals?


Thanks :)

[edfair]

I use a bunch of slower machines (from W98 timeframe,PII 350 to 600mhz) as terminals for Unix stuff. Costs under $100 for the terminal software and the networking interconnect is a huge step up from the 232 based WYSE terminals. Machines were purchased over several months at $80 or less, including OS key. I've also used a dozen or so as the platform of choice for multiple UNIX boxes running a pre Y2K version of SCO.

Haven't considered the thin client model for them.

If you have any Linux requirements, they might be considered for that in command line mode.

[Force Flow]

I'd like to keep things Windows-based. The users here would freak out if they saw a unix command line.