You might boot laptops straight into a cloud OS in the future

Reason #[I've lost count] to switch to Linux. Obviously not happening right now, but probably not all that far off in the future considering they already do this for enterprise customers.

  • RussianEngineer [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    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 Windows. Windows 365 Switch is also built into Windows 11 to integrate Cloud PCs into the Task View (virtual desktops) feature.

    The idea of moving Windows fully to the cloud for consumers is also presented alongside Microsoft’s need to invest in custom silicon partnerships. Microsoft has been doing some of this for its ARM-powered Surface Pro X devices.

    microsoft's solution to the x86 compatibility issue with ARM devices is just to make you connect to a remote x86 machine. im calling it now