wow 4gb of ram
what I had on my pretty mediocre gaming machine back in 2008
I could host 8 of those machines on my laptop, 1 core each. Not great in 2008 but not bad. Would users be able to read their Gmail?
When the cost of RAM is on Microsoft's balance sheet, perhaps that will change their priorities for reducing resource consumption of their software.
Alternatively it’s a way to sell bigger subscriptions
> Is there a gaming edition that actually uses local hardware?
Xbox
Re:The Windows desktop is dying
by kholdstayr on Saturday August 05, 2023 @07:03PM
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Re:The Windows desktop is dying
by theandrewbailey on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:04AM
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You mean Xbox Cloud Gaming? Yes, that's a thing now.
$31/month seems so expensive since you’d still need some terminal pc. I think you’re better off just having a literal dumb terminal that only runs office365.
If I had to buy a pc and maintain it for employees and then pay $350/year that’s not economical.
I think you’re more likely to have some docking station you slide your phone into for a big monitor and keyboard and then just use the browser.
That and the UX is going to be horrible.
You're not going to be running too many Electron-based apps with 8GB, or any with 4GB.
Is there a gaming edition that actually uses local hardware? We've seen time and time again that the latency is a non-starter for gaming, and Windows is strong there. If MS wants to throw that out, so be it. Save us, Gaben!