HistoPol, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog

(2/3)

"...long-term opportunity in #Microsoft’s “Modern Life” consumer space, including using “the power of the #cloud and client to enable improved #AI-powered services and full roaming of people’s digital experience.”

"Microsoft has been 👉deeply integrating it into #Windows11 already.👈 A future update will include Windows 365 Boot, which will enable Windows 11 devices to log directly in to a Cloud PC instance at boot instead of the local version of ...

HistoPol, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog

(3/3)

"...#Windows. #Windows365 Switch is also built into #Windows11 to integrate Cloud PCs into the Task View (virtual desktops) feature."

"More recently we’ve heard Microsoft could be working on its own #AIchips, too."

Another reason to move to #Linux if you can do without #Microsoft #Office.

SofaKingHigh, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog how to make sure my next computer is Linux/Unix based next upgrade

Basic_Bench, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog
valve's move to steamdeck now looks like a genius master stroke.

Kals_Els, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog

I don't like it, if what the article is saying means they're planning on replacing the local version for a streaming version completely. Then Microsoft is going to kill all their gaming ambitions in one go, they really need to rein in the windows team to make sure they always have a local version. Which is what I remember being what they were planning, local version for people who don't want it, streaming version for whoever the heck does.

DanMorgan, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog @briankrebs I have used Windows 365 VM for a while now because the application I need won’t run under Parallels and Windows for ARM. I’m running an M1 MacBook Pro.

It works, but not for those with substandard broadband connections. I don’t know what a minimum would be but this solution isn’t for people with under 200 mBit.

Also moving files from the local to that VM isn’t is nice as Parallels. Microsoft has work to do.

rycuda, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog And then comes the SaaS rent.

ablackcatstail, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog Gee what could possibly go wrong here? 🙄

Niiju, 10 months ago

The only thing keeping me from Linux is that it's SOOOO ugly and full of bad UX.

HistoPol, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog

Does anyone know, whether there will be a difference between #Windows11 Home and the PRO version regarding this "thin-client" / "cloudification" concept?

HistoPol, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

@GossiTheDog

OMG
Microsoft's seems to be transforming the erstwhile "Windows everywhere" strategy into a "pervasive AI strategy.

Via #TheVerge - #FTCvsMicrosoft

"#Microsoft has recently announced Windows #Copilot, an #AI-powered assistant for #Windows11. Windows 👉Copilot sits at the side of #Windows 11, and can summarize content you’re viewing in apps, rewrite it, or even explain it. 👈"

"Moving “Windows 11 increasingly to the cloud” is identified as a..."

Read on:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775117/microsoft-windows-11-cloud-consumer-strategy

tsyum, 10 months ago

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HistoPol, 10 months ago

@tsyum

There should be 3.

However, I was experiencing massive upload issues during the past week, experiencing crashes.
Will take a look, if I still see it somewhere.

HistoPol, 10 months ago

@tsyum

No, they are gone, sorry.
Check out the article instead, if you like.

Tourma, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog
Guess I need to try harder to get used to Linux. Mint isn't doing it for me.

Nigel_Purchase, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog

That'll be the end of me using Excel. Which will be immensely tiresome, as I'll have to rewrite all my programs.

kaiserkiwi, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog Let's be honest: The vast majority doesn't care. A Microsoft account is already mandatory these days.

I just wonder how this will go performance wise. Will the whole computer run in the cloud or just the UI of the OS?

Zen, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog I've been saying and I can't believe it's actually true: 2023 is the year of Linux on the desktop.

may, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog @gmate8 Situations like this are quite in favor of opensource software and Linux as a whole. The subscription model is mainly there for the profit of the companies that released the software. And if I look at the price of the current Windows 365, the annual amount is similar to a pretty good PC. I myself am curious how the prices for Home customers will look like...

taral, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog I hate that I looked at this and said "probably true, even if it should be an Onion headline."

KingPoogie, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog I'm so tired of subscriptions and software as a service....

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog called it.

VHasch, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog

Ah. The reason I own nothing from Adobe and never got 3ds Max.

Do not want to rent programs, especially operating systems.

TreeStarMan, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog If Microsoft makes Windows a cloud service, just watch the massive scramble to LINUX.

ralf, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog I guess there’s no better time to teach my toddlers GNU/Linux

jackemled, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog Imagine making a decision on the direction of your operating system that will make Mac OS X better than your operating system.

thejayxyz, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog

Quilly, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog
Eww, it just gets worse!

airik, 10 months ago

@GossiTheDog #Linux