Mike StoneJun 27, 2023

Microsoft wants to stream your OS to you. Ignoring the whole "Microsoft" angle on this, I personally hate this idea. I miss the days when a computer was a standalone device that COULD connect to the Internet, but didn't have to. These days, so many things DEPEND on having that connection, and just flat out won't work without it. Maybe I'm a stodgy old guy, but can't we go back? I want my computer to with exactly the same online or offline.

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

Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud

Microsoft’s long-term ambition with Windows is to move the OS to the cloud. Windows 365 is just the beginning on the commercial side, with plans to get consumers into a cloud version of Windows eventually.

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Show threadStewart X Addison
@mike I was having similar thoughts recently when my system seemed to get stuck while I was trying to use the OS search facility ...
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Stewart X Addison (@[email protected])

For since reason three networking on my windows laptop is very slow at the moment (ping times >1s) I've just pressed the windows key and tried to search for something local on the machine and it's basically got stuck. Are we that tied to the internet now?

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Jun 27, 2023 at 8:23pmWeb