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Yep, we are seeing computers evolve from hybrid media consumption/creation/business tools into a bifurcated model where IaaS providers rent out the majority of
by roymurdock 9y ago
Yep, we are seeing computers evolve from hybrid media consumption/creation/business tools into a bifurcated model where IaaS providers rent out the majority of the world's compute power, and average consumers own a (powerful) thin client for UI/display/consumption.
There will be still sizable markets (real-time industrial/automotive/medical/etc., gaming, some business apps) where individuals will still want to own and upgrade their own beefy on-prem hardware, but in the consumer realm I can't think of many new applications that have taxed my 2012 MBP, or even my older Dell/Win7 laptop. AWS/Azure/GCP shoulder the burden for me.