Comment on Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS

Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• clubb@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes. You run windows remotely, probably through that 2.5G ethernet.

  I’d rather be struck by lightning than use cloud computing through Wi-Fi.

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  • Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sorry I meant that along the lines of “this is already a thing just marketed differently.” Hyping up something that already exists as something new just feels odd and forced. Like if I made a car but called them “vroom vrooms” and marketed them for driving down Young street only.

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    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My guess for the only difference is that it’s locked to Azure

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      • Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I guess to keep with a car analogy that makes it one of those old electric toy cars that raced on a track with slots for the car.

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• MIDItheKID@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah I was gonna say. Dell has been making Wyse Thin Clients for a long ass time. This isn’t anything particularly new other than using W365.

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