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Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops? by Jonnax on Saturday January 11, 2020 @01:30AM (#22018533)
If I'm rendering, I should use cloud computing?

Like an artist is supposed to use a remote desktop to do 3D modelling? Or an engineer doing CAD? Or a video editor creating 4k video?

There are a lot of professionals that need powerful computers. Not everyone just needs a text editor to write their SaaS application.

Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops? by jdietrich on Saturday January 11, 2020 @04:12AM (#22019012)
>If I'm rendering, I should use cloud computing?

Like an artist is supposed to use a remote desktop to do 3D modelling? Or an engineer doing CAD? Or a video editor creating 4k video?

Yes. High-end workstations are effectively obsolete for professionals rather than prosumers, it's just taking some IT departments a while to catch on. All those workloads are highly bursty and involve substantial collaboration, which makes virtualization a natural fit. I haven't tested and wouldn't necessarily recommend a Raspberry Pi as a client terminal, but it just doesn't make sense any more to put a really powerful machine under everyone's desk rather than having a rackload of servers as a pooled resource.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/quadro-vdw...