Nemeski@lemm.ee to Windows@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agoMicrosoft is launching a $349 desktop PC that only runs Windows 11 by streaming it from the cloudwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down13
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is launching a $349 desktop PC that only runs Windows 11 by streaming it from the cloudwww.windowscentral.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Windows@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squarehalendos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year agoNice, more e-waste… Also, if it’s just streaming from the cloud, how is it so expensive? Its on the same range as a steam deck.
minus-squareAnivia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThere is absolutely zero reason a thin client needs to cost this much, unless this has some seriously high-end multi-monitor capabilities Even a Raspberry Pi 5 is a capable thin client that can run 2 4k monitors
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDells thin clients cost almost twice as much https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/scc/sr/cloud-client/thin-clients
Nice, more e-waste… Also, if it’s just streaming from the cloud, how is it so expensive? Its on the same range as a steam deck.
😎 profit, synergy, enterprise, buzzword.
You forgot AI!
There is absolutely zero reason a thin client needs to cost this much, unless this has some seriously high-end multi-monitor capabilities
Even a Raspberry Pi 5 is a capable thin client that can run 2 4k monitors
Dells thin clients cost almost twice as much
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/scc/sr/cloud-client/thin-clients