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Microsoft is launching a $349 desktop PC that only runs Windows 11 by streaming it from the cloud (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 4 days ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/windows@sopuli.xyz

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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

For 249€ you can buy a Ryzen 5 (Not an N100, mind you) 16Gb/512Gb mini PC With windows 11 Pro in Amazon in Europe, or this one, in an actual new, different format, with interesting extras, like a 2.5K webcam, and speakers And of course, you have your local windows, you can dual boot Win/Linux, and/or run VMs of your choice, and do decent gaming!

[–] Throskie@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago

So... dumb terminal are back in?

Hot damn boys, I'll see ya on the RS-232 relays!

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

It has begun

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago

My Thinkpad T440p cost less then half that and many mini PCs cost around that much.

[–] Ascend910@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

No matter what we said about it. There will be people who will eagerly put their mouth on Microsoft's asshole, waiting to swallow any removed products that Microsoft shit out

[–] griefstricken@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] TurboHarbinger@feddit.cl 1 points 3 days ago

Thin clients are awful in every aspect, always.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 2 points 4 days ago

😨

[–] EmperorHenry@infosec.pub 2 points 4 days ago

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