Nemeski@lemm.ee to Windows@sopuli.xyz · 3 days agoMicrosoft is launching a $349 desktop PC that only runs Windows 11 by streaming it from the cloudwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13
arrow-up158arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squarehalendos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·3 days 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-up2·edit-23 days 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-up1·2 days 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