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Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 27 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

I look forward to thrifting one in a few years, then installing Linux on it.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 points 4 hours ago

I hope that future happens, but I'm scared.

[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 12 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

You can be sure that planned obsolescence can be done much easier on these kind of hardware. One tweak from the backend and "oops, looks like Microslop 365 OS can't run your thin client"

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Network booting from the WAN sounds like a hellscape

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

Not the Dell one, not worth your time or money - only has Intel N-series processor. But the ASUS one may have better internals.