Why would I pay so much for such thing?
Because $350 couldn’t possibly buy enough hardware to run a modern operating system!
- Microsoft, probably
I would say Win11 runs rather well even on old crappy devices. If they let it run on it :)
Or just use linux and dont worry.
640K ought to be enough for everybody.
Almost every cloud based device I’ve ever owned ended up either putting an increasing number of basic features that were originally free behind a subscription paywall or simply turned itself into a brick when it stopped being supported.
$350 for a thin client locked out of doing anything useful and requiring a subscription to function?
The Link device is designed to be a compact, fanless, and easy-to-use cloud PC for your local monitors and peripherals. It’s meant to be the ideal companion to Microsoft’s Windows 365 service, which lets businesses transition employees over to virtual machines that exist in the cloud and can be streamed securely to multiple devices.
It sounds like it’s part of a broader strategy to have companies outsource their IT to Microsoft.
No one here is talking about the subscription that will come with it…
If it streams from someone’s else computer,you will have to pay for that “service”…
Why pay Windows once when you can pay it every month!
Makes sense for a business. Less so for the individual.
But for that you can buy a mini PC that runs it locally. What the fuck is this even for?
Imagine spending 350 bucks on a device that turns into useless e-waste the second M$ changes their business strategy
This feels way too expensive for what is a dumbed down device. Maybe $50-$100, but you would still end up paying quite a bit for something that requires a subscription.
For the price they are asking, you could get a desktop with OK performance that will be free forever after that.
I thought this was a mini-pc to compete with the mac mini, until I realized its streaming only. I’d much rather cough up the extra $250 for the insane jump in power that the mac mini gives you.
So they reinvented the thin client. Wow.
Goodbye privacy
Yep, that sound worth than Recall.
People are buying that shit?! LOLOLOLOL
i think this is the most stupid product i have ever heard of. I can’t help but imagine the unholy latency of transferring files from “your computer” to an external storage.
It looks pretty ig
No thanks. I do want the large wifi enabled suppository that probably comes with it 😉. I can use that in times of loneliness and despair.
If they made it cheaper it would at least make sense.
