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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Well, my work computer is pretty much that already. My company is full-on Google suite. We are not supposed to store any files on the computers, we don’t have any back-ups for the computers’ storage. Everything is supposed to be on Google Drive and 90% of the work is done with Google Docs, Sheets, Slides.

    I think many big companies would be very happy if they could have a key-in-hand solution with laptops as “user-terminals” with all processing and files handled in a cloud. Of course there are some important considerations like confidentiality, cybersecurity and GDPR. Network/electricity is another one, but this is already the case today that almost no work can be done in either of these situations.







  • I am tempted to compare the market of handheld PC to this of Single Board Computers.

    You have on one hand the Raspberry Pi and steamdeck: first successful on a niche market, develop the hardware and the software to deliver a complete experience, open and hackable.

    On the other hand, you have all the followers, throwing out some random imitations, with better spec. sheets, but no Software support, or just the bare minimum and ultimately the experience offered isn’t a match.

    How are they hoping to compete with the steamdeck if none of them put in the effort to develop a complete and functional user experience? Acer and Asus with collect the scraps and nothing more.