People that use their computer only for surfing and email, would be better off using cut down operating systems like this, but I think most of us heavy users prefer fully standalone computers. I'd get outraged if I couldn't use my computer or some application just because network connection is down.
I can see the benefits of this for companies with large secure internal networks. Virtualisation is already being used in server environments so why not workstations too. It's funny how computer world is going in circles. It was about 20 years ago when dummy terminals were abandoned and now we are heading in that direction again.
I can see the benefits of this for companies with large secure internal networks. Virtualisation is already being used in server environments so why not workstations too. It's funny how computer world is going in circles. It was about 20 years ago when dummy terminals were abandoned and now we are heading in that direction again.