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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Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
So a thin client?
MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
clubb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours 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.
Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 8 hours 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.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
My guess for the only difference is that it’s locked to Azure
Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 4 hours 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.