you can. create a vpn connection to your aws vpc (either via some custom solution or a managed one), install and configure your laptops and there you go. this

you can. create a vpn connection to your aws vpc (either via some custom solution or a managed one), install and configure your laptops and there you go. this is essentially what the "hybrid cloud" approach is: you have some things in the cloud and some other things in a physical datacenter where you have your own machines. there are some issues and limitations that you'll find though: - networking (bandwidth & latency) - OS updates and security - reliability (power outages) - thermals & cooling and probably something more that i'm forgetting. as long as you're fine with the tradeoff, you can definitely do that.