My Thinkpad T440p cost less then half that and many mini PCs cost around that much.
You can get an x86_64 mini pc for that same price. Or you can buy a used mid gaming rig for that same price.
This is getting closer to the meme about the Javascript-based streamed operating system.
The only explanation I will now accept for how pointlessly laggy Windows can be is that Microsoft was deliberately increasing the latency to prepare customers for an online-only OS. Curse them.
Why is it so expensive? You can buy a fully functioning laptop with a local windows install for way less.
Even the new mac mini is $599 and that’s a full on computer with really good performance.
Words can’t express how much I don’t want this.
The article mentions this is aimed at enterprises who are already probably doing something like this with vmware ESXi
Doubt it’ll ever catch on with anything except maybe the largest of orgs. You can just procure office task ready machines so cheaply these days, and Windows 365 is like $45/user/month. Far more than what we pay for windows licensing, user Cals, and office licensing all combined.
Yep for managing “thin clients” I’d been expecting something like this someday.
And if you thought Microsoft could not get worse…
Jesus Christ…
It’s a thin client…
But it’s a new and revolutionary thin client. It’s got 365 in the name, anyway.
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.
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
😎 profit, synergy, enterprise, buzzword.
Burn it with fire
It has begun
Oh…so they just want to take all control away from the user? I won’t be buying that, I’m sure it eats up a fuck ton of bandwidth too
😨
Something, something, Surface Duo
