Comment on Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS
Fizz@lemmy.nz 21 hours agoyes but how often does your internet go down? I agree with the sentiment and I hate this but we should think about this from an average user perspective when we make our argument. Internet doesnt go down, I’ve had more electricity outages than internet outages in the past 5 years. if you live in a city its a rare thing.
The reason why people shouldnt want this in my opinion is not because its day to day worse but because its worse long term. These companies will offer it at a low price to entice you then yank the rug out from under you. You will never be safe with an option like this because at any time it can be taken from you and one day there might not be an alternative market of computers to purchase.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Fizz@lemmy.nz 18 hours ago
If thats happening you got bigger problems
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
It’s especially in those situations (like with climate warming, increasing political unrest and top-down control) that you want a working system. And also that connectivity is one of the first things to go down.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 15 hours ago
You realise that windows already does this and you can still work without internet. The way the sign in tokens works does not require 100% internet connection.
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
yes but how often does your internet go down?
I have a 1Gb connection. I work in software development. I live in a nice neighbourhood. My internet goes down all the time.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I live in a major city that’s been carved up by the local monopolists like a turkey, and none of them have even installed coverage in all the areas they’ve claimed and which their “competitors” won’t touch. Some people just can’t have a good connection because of their address.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 15 hours ago
Im sorry to hear that. Maybe this is a product aimed at 1st world countries. Expected downtime for 1st world countries is normally under an hour a year and I think people can live with that.
If your internet is shit you do not need to buy this.
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I do live in a 1st world country. I enjoy socialized (free) health care. And actually my country has some of the best internet in the developed world.
Maybe this is a product aimed at 1st world countries.
I guess that rules out the USA.
Expected downtime for 1st world countries is normally under an hour a year
Citation needed.
If your internet is shit you do not need to buy this.
Nobody should buy this.
dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
If your internet is going down all the time it’s definitely not “some of the best in the world”.
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
yes but how often does your internet go down?
About once a month. Not for very long, but it is an annoyance. Xfinity usually does maintenance between 1am and 2am, and the Internet will be out for about 30 minutes to an hour. About once a year it goes down for at least half a day.
My OS hasn’t gone down at all in 20 years. I don’t want that to change. If an OS stops working for an hour once a month for maintenance, it’s a piece of refried shit.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 15 hours ago
im sorry your ISP is dogshit. I dont think anyone in your area will want to buy this product.
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
That’s the problem. Comcast is famous in the US for being utter dogshit. So is ATT. And that’s pretty much our choices.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
“Now updating, please wait!”
I mean, technically not “down” but not exactly usable either. 😉
jordanlund@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
The dodgy WiFi gear from my fiber provider requires a hard re-set at least once a week. I had to do that just today.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 19 hours ago
I have no idea how you put up with that. I would not accept that from any ISP router. If my ISP router has any issue I can ship it back for free and receive a brand new one a few days later. There should also be options for bringing your own router.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Fiber gear is a little different and I’d rather deal with this than the bullshit data caps and price hike games with Comcast. 😉
dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
I have fiber, can’t even remember the last time my internet went down. It’s not a fiber thing, it sounds like a shitty hardware thing.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
What happens if the local ISP/electrical/whatever decides there need for maintenance?
Not every company can afford redundant high speed internet.Fizz@lemmy.nz 15 hours ago
Ok your internet goes down for a few hours and life moves on. Its not the end of the world.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
Didnt know a company that relies on the internet can just move on lmao.
That could some cost their job. But hey, just move on (งツ)วFizz@lemmy.nz 5 hours ago
They have no choice but to move on. The aws outage took most things offline and everyone moved on. Half the people in this thread say their internet goes down weekly. 99.99999% uptime is a meme that very few companies actually require.
flightyhobler@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Congratulations. My home internet was down the whole day yesterday. My power goes out at least once or twice per month due to the current nature of the power line structure. I live in Europe.
timwa@lemmy.snowgoons.ro 20 hours ago
Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
I live in (Eastern) Europe.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 19 hours ago
This product is aimed at people who live in places with reliable infra. (no offense intended)
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Name a single country with no power outages
Fizz@lemmy.nz 15 hours ago
You do realise power outages affect regular PC users and cloud PC users all the same.