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They told me that when laptops came out. Heck, I even used a laptop exclusively through most of the 00s.
Chromebooks would kill desktops. Then iPads. And smartphones. And cloud computing.
And yet by 2014, I was back to building a desktop PC. And had 3 since. Desktops will always have a small market share because they are the only machine that works for serious work (video editing, etc.)
Will I embrace Microsofts cloud computing? Only if it is cheaper price per power than owning my own equipment. Something tablets, phones, laptops, and cloud computing have all failed to do.
Desktop users are "value* users. And I’m skeptical what MS offers will offer good value to cheapos like me.
The “cloud” will never be cheaper. So many companies went to the “cloud” and now are starting to return to on prem because of the cost savings.
Nevermind the government. I very much doubt any government wants their work in the “cloud”
If for no other reason most people are only using cell phones. Including children. So the general competency of the next generation using a desktop is lower and lower. Desktops are useful, but they are no longer part of people’s general experience of computing.
Good.
I don’t think so. The less ubiquitous a local operating system is, the more problems hobbyists will have when it comes to support.
Big L for “hobbyists” i just want Microsoft to loose all their business customers.
Would you really not want to have access to the devices holding your data? I don’t even care for Microsoft sending off anonymized telemetry.
Nah its good because no fucking company would use windows then because its a gigantic security risk.
I want Microsoft to die.
