On 7/31/2015 9:56 AM, scott wrote:
>> I've read scuttlebutt about M$ moving Windows to a SaaS model, but I
>> fail to
>> understand how this could possibly work.
>
> Locally you'd have an OS that was stripped down to just run Remote
> Desktop (or equivalent) and interface with your hardware. When you
> logged on it would start a remote desktop session with an MS VM
> somewhere. *Assuming internet speeds were fast enough* you wouldn't
> notice the difference to running full windows locally.
>
> The benefits are obvious (a machine that has all your files and looks
> the same no matter where you log on, an almost limitless supply of CPU
> power and RAM if you wanted to do CPU intenstive tasks, automatic
> backups for everyone, etc), I fail to understand how you fail to
> understand how this could possibly work :-)

No, no, no!

Have you ever worked on a thin client?
I'd rather use a Teletype as a dumb terminal.

;)

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Regards
     Stephen

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