▲ 61 ▼ Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by dvdnet90@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.ml 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BurningnnTree@lemmy.one 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Why does Microsoft want this? What's the benefit of encouraging people to use VMs instead of running Windows locally? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] waspentalive@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago Subscriptions! And "Don't sell the bacon, sell the sizzle" You get to pay for every minute you use 'your' computer. If they do this I expect the hardware will be free, but you pay $32.50 a month for normal usage and $50.99 for any compute minutes requiring extra CPU or GPU (including ChatGPT or any AAA game). On the upside - perhaps there would be an easy way to switch between VMs and do multiple things at once. Also, your disk space is unlimited but priced per Gb. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] waspentalive@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago Subscriptions! And "Don't sell the bacon, sell the sizzle" You get to pay for every minute you use 'your' computer. If they do this I expect the hardware will be free, but you pay $32.50 a month for normal usage and $50.99 for any compute minutes requiring extra CPU or GPU (including ChatGPT or any AAA game). On the upside - perhaps there would be an easy way to switch between VMs and do multiple things at once. Also, your disk space is unlimited but priced per Gb. permalink fedilink source parent