▲ 455 ▼ Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS (www.notebookcheck.net) submitted 7 months ago by xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day to c/technology@lemmy.world 229 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 86 points 7 months ago (10 children) Ah yes, it's around the time for thin clients of this cycle. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 46 points 7 months ago (7 children) It's funny because we switched from thin clients to fat clients some 30-40 years back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 19 points 7 months ago (4 children) I'm sure we did a cycle of network booting thin clients and windows terminal services about 10 or 15 years ago. 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children) I might have skipped that cycle. Local always. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago* Not if you’re an enterprise. I worked at a company where 80% of our workers (so over 2000) were on thin clients, even remotely. We could manage and upgrade the entire fleet easily from a single point. Ran the servers in house but were able to switch a portion to the cloud if we needed. We were doing that 20+ years ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) If you skipped the cycle of VDI, consider yourself lucky lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 6 points 7 months ago They offer VDI at my workplace but they are so locked down that it's completely useless for any real work. But I know that some departments do use them. Fuck 'em. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago About 15 years ago we started transitioning from on-site computing to cloud. Now we're reversing the trend under the guise of "edge computing". permalink fedilink source parent [–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 7 months ago* Except at the company I work for. We switched from thin clients to laptops (which are used as thin clients) last year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jve@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago You’ll own nothing and be happy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wendigolibre@lemmy.zip 21 points 7 months ago Buy all the ram, inflating prices. Sell thin clients and access to computing power/ram. What a scam. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 46 points 7 months ago (7 children) It's funny because we switched from thin clients to fat clients some 30-40 years back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 19 points 7 months ago (4 children) I'm sure we did a cycle of network booting thin clients and windows terminal services about 10 or 15 years ago. 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children) I might have skipped that cycle. Local always. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago* Not if you’re an enterprise. I worked at a company where 80% of our workers (so over 2000) were on thin clients, even remotely. We could manage and upgrade the entire fleet easily from a single point. Ran the servers in house but were able to switch a portion to the cloud if we needed. We were doing that 20+ years ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) If you skipped the cycle of VDI, consider yourself lucky lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 6 points 7 months ago They offer VDI at my workplace but they are so locked down that it's completely useless for any real work. But I know that some departments do use them. Fuck 'em. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago About 15 years ago we started transitioning from on-site computing to cloud. Now we're reversing the trend under the guise of "edge computing". permalink fedilink source parent [–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 7 months ago* Except at the company I work for. We switched from thin clients to laptops (which are used as thin clients) last year. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 19 points 7 months ago (4 children) I'm sure we did a cycle of network booting thin clients and windows terminal services about 10 or 15 years ago. 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children) I might have skipped that cycle. Local always. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago* Not if you’re an enterprise. I worked at a company where 80% of our workers (so over 2000) were on thin clients, even remotely. We could manage and upgrade the entire fleet easily from a single point. Ran the servers in house but were able to switch a portion to the cloud if we needed. We were doing that 20+ years ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) If you skipped the cycle of VDI, consider yourself lucky lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 6 points 7 months ago They offer VDI at my workplace but they are so locked down that it's completely useless for any real work. But I know that some departments do use them. Fuck 'em. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children) I might have skipped that cycle. Local always. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago* Not if you’re an enterprise. I worked at a company where 80% of our workers (so over 2000) were on thin clients, even remotely. We could manage and upgrade the entire fleet easily from a single point. Ran the servers in house but were able to switch a portion to the cloud if we needed. We were doing that 20+ years ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) If you skipped the cycle of VDI, consider yourself lucky lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 6 points 7 months ago They offer VDI at my workplace but they are so locked down that it's completely useless for any real work. But I know that some departments do use them. Fuck 'em. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago* Not if you’re an enterprise. I worked at a company where 80% of our workers (so over 2000) were on thin clients, even remotely. We could manage and upgrade the entire fleet easily from a single point. Ran the servers in house but were able to switch a portion to the cloud if we needed. We were doing that 20+ years ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) If you skipped the cycle of VDI, consider yourself lucky lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 6 points 7 months ago They offer VDI at my workplace but they are so locked down that it's completely useless for any real work. But I know that some departments do use them. Fuck 'em. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day [S] 6 points 7 months ago They offer VDI at my workplace but they are so locked down that it's completely useless for any real work. But I know that some departments do use them. Fuck 'em. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago About 15 years ago we started transitioning from on-site computing to cloud. Now we're reversing the trend under the guise of "edge computing". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 7 months ago* Except at the company I work for. We switched from thin clients to laptops (which are used as thin clients) last year. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jve@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago You’ll own nothing and be happy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wendigolibre@lemmy.zip 21 points 7 months ago Buy all the ram, inflating prices. Sell thin clients and access to computing power/ram. What a scam. permalink fedilink source parent