Subj : Re: Halt and Catch Fire
To   : Moondog
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu May 19 2022 09:55:32

  Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
  By: Moondog to MRO on Wed May 18 2022 09:38 pm

 Mo> When a pc was treated like an remote island, you need all the resources to
 Mo> be onhand. A terminals' apps and outside communications came in the form
 Mo> of a big box in the basement, and allowed others to leave internal mail or
 Mo> send ort broadcast messages to the all the users or just one user. Users
 Mo> were locked down from using external devices that could introduce a virus.

 Mo> Chromebooks and Android desktops are great if you have the bandwidth.
 Mo> Again, apps are updated and managed from the source. Cloud storage allows
 Mo> for you to damage your device and not worry about lost data.

Aside from needing enough bandwidth, one thing with Chromebooks & similar that totally rely on online apps is if the connection is lost, then you can't do any work.  It's basically an all-or-nothing thing.  I wouldn't really like being stuck without a way to do what I want to do.

Nightfox

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