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> The Business version starts at $31 per user, per month. For that, you get a 4GB Azure VM with 128GB of storage, along with Microsoft 365 apps, Outlook, and On
by theandrewbailey 3y ago
> The Business version starts at $31 per user, per month. For that, you get a 4GB Azure VM with 128GB of storage, along with Microsoft 365 apps, Outlook, and OneDrive. Personally, that's too lightweight for me — the next step up, with 8GB of RAM for $41, sounds much more practical.
You're not going to be running too many Electron-based apps with 8GB, or any with 4GB.
Is there a gaming edition that actually uses local hardware? We've seen time and time again that the latency is a non-starter for gaming, and Windows is strong there. If MS wants to throw that out, so be it. Save us, Gaben!
- blibble 3y agowow 4gb of ram what I had on my pretty mediocre gaming machine back in 2008
- pmontra 3y agoI could host 8 of those machines on my laptop, 1 core each. Not great in 2008 but not bad. Would users be able to read their Gmail?
- abe_m 3y agoWhen the cost of RAM is on Microsoft's balance sheet, perhaps that will change their priorities for reducing resource consumption of their software.
- tinus_hn 3y agoAlternatively it’s a way to sell bigger subscriptions
- teamonkey 3y ago> Is there a gaming edition that actually uses local hardware? Xbox
- theandrewbailey 3y agoYou mean Xbox Cloud Gaming? Yes, that's a thing now.
- kholdstayr 3y agohttps://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-admits-xbox-has-lost-the-console-wars-as-it-battles-for-69-billion-activision-blizzard-buyout https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-admits-xbox-has-lost-...
- prepend 3y ago$31/month seems so expensive since you’d still need some terminal pc. I think you’re better off just having a literal dumb terminal that only runs office365. If I had to buy a pc and maintain it for employees and then pay $350/year that’s not economical. I think you’re more likely to have some docking station you slide your phone into for a big monitor and keyboard and then just use the browser. That and the UX is going to be horrible.