Vagon – Personal high performance computer in the cloud

Re:Vagon – Personal high performance computer in the cloud by Nullabillity on Thursday March 19, 2020 @12:36PM (#22629128)

Wow, mixing monthly and hourly pricing like that is borderline fraud. Especially when you advertise it as a $8/mo service when the actual price for a typical 160h work month is $215. For the cheapest option. That's 26x the advertised price! At that point, buying an equivalent computer yourself would break even in months. And it'd work without a stable internet connection!

Here in Sweden all taxis advertise the component prices, but the the most prominent price has to be the "Jämförpris" (comparison price), which is the price of a standardized "typical" journey.

And of course this has to use Intercom, in an even more invasive and annoying configuration than usual.

I suppose my only solace is that people have tried this idea before[0], and at least they seem to be well on their way to bankruptcy.

[0]: https://www.wycore.com/

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Re:Vagon – Personal high performance computer in the cloud by Arctic_ on Thursday March 19, 2020 @12:42PM (#22629178)

I think you're looking at it wrong. The price for the base service (so storing your settings/app configuration) is $8 /mo while the usage itself is added to that. The pricing to me is pretty straightforward.

On a side note, do you really take solace in watching businesses go to bankruptcy? Why though?

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Re:Vagon – Personal high performance computer in the cloud by gfodor on Thursday March 19, 2020 @02:03PM (#22629989)

When someone says "Starting at $8/mo" that usually means you can start getting something of value at $8/mo. In this case, that's false.

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Re:Vagon – Personal high performance computer in the cloud by chickenpotpie on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:05PM (#22629401)

I wouldn't call it fraud, just confusing.

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Re:Vagon – Personal high performance computer in the cloud by solarkraft on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:20PM (#22629572)

I wouldn't even call it that. Many services have base prices and additional usage prices.

You may call this expensive, but for things you need a few times a month it may make great sense. I'd even consider it if the base price wasn't that high (usage also seems like a bit much, but then again you're getting good power).

What I wonder the most about is how it compares to other cloud computing offers, as the nature of the offering doesn't seem that special and I'd most likely use it as a build server (although a media editing use case would be interesting as well, since it'd mean I wouldn't have to keep around a Windows installation, but then file transfer becomes an issue).

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