• average650@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Exactly… I do use windows, but I if this becomes mandatory I will be 100% on Linux immediately.

    • bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I’m sure there’s some VP execs that will want to “reduce maintenance burden” and will force a partial migration to the cloud before they pick up their next bonus check.

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      1 year ago

      Why does Microsoft want this? What’s the benefit of encouraging people to use VMs instead of running Windows locally?

      • WasPentalive@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        Subscriptions! And “Don’t sell the bacon, sell the sizzle” You get to pay for every minute you use ‘your’ computer. If they do this I expect the hardware will be free, but you pay $32.50 a month for normal usage and $50.99 for any compute minutes requiring extra CPU or GPU (including ChatGPT or any AAA game). On the upside - perhaps there would be an easy way to switch between VMs and do multiple things at once. Also, your disk space is unlimited but priced per Gb.