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I think a Windows desktop-as-a-service offering similar to Amazon WorkSpaces is more likely.
by matt_heimer 6y ago
I think a Windows desktop-as-a-service offering similar to Amazon WorkSpaces is more likely.
- unicornfinder 6y agoIndeed and I think it's where the future of the Win32 desktop is. To be clear, not Windows as a whole, but consider how Microsoft suggested not too long ago that they planned to deprecate Win32 eventually (via Windows 10 X) and render those apps via RDP.
- aspenmayer 6y agoHow would games work? I understand that the Xbox One runs a build of Windows 10, and I would expect that to continue on the Series X. Are Xbox One games Win32 binaries?
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- muststopmyths 6y ago> Are Xbox One games Win32 binaries? Nope. You can run UWP on Xbox, but most games don't (because functionality is limited).
- dhosek 6y agoSeems possible. We use VDI at my employer for access to windows apps for developers on Macs. The performance is at least adequate although there are inevitable glitches in the experience, but the same is true of running in Parallels or VMWare. But we do rely on the ability to run the same docker containers locally that we deploy to our servers.
- mr_toad 6y agoIt already exists. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-desktop/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-desktop/