DISQUS

me · 11 months ago

do you mean "cell phone" instead of vrll phone?

Anthony Ha · 11 months ago

Uh, yes

iljung · 11 months ago

Buying a computer w/all conceivable software/hardware outright is like getting an unlimited phone plan. The thought of keeping track of how many minutes I have spent on which application price level would drive me nuts. Admittedly I do not keep up with the latest technology. That is the only way I could see this being cost effective for a consumer.

Loren · 11 months ago

"Still, it’s one thing to pay more for Playstation games or an iPhone wireless plan ... and another to cough up cash to unlock the hardware that’s sitting on your desk." I think that the notion of unlocking existing hardware is an incorrect interpretation of what is meant by scalable performance. Most likely this refers to some sort of cloud computing, which is an old but compelling idea. It's like the electric grid. If you had to buy a constant number of Watts per hour then you would by enough to satisfy your energy needs during the most demanding times. But that would suck. The way it is now, we pay for what we use, and what we use changes constantly. If we could do that with computing that would be awesome. Again, old idea, but a good one if it is possible.

Anthony Ha · 11 months ago

Hmmm, after reading the patent again I think you're probably right -- but the summary is vague, and the more detailed part of the patent is a bit over my head, so I'm not sure. What made you think cloud computing was the likely model? Was it something in the patent itself?

Anthony Ha · 11 months ago

Dam who hired you?
Why the hell would they give you say an 8 core processor when they wouldn't be able to do anything with it when your done in a few years.
Of course it is cloud computing. That's what everyone is talking about. That's what Microsoft is planning for the Windows after Windows 7.

Anthony Ha · 11 months ago

If the cloud computing that you're referring to is Windows Azure, that's a separate product from the operating system. Maybe I'm misunderstanding you -- it would have been nice if you'd included a link to what "everyone is talking about."

Also, don't comment under my name again.

Anthony Ha · 11 months ago

By the way, I rewrote the last paragraph -- that was fuzzy reading/writing on my part, but I didn't want to make the hardware/cloud computing thing the focus of the conversation.

Jon · 11 months ago

This is great... Microsoft will become another netsol, the price of computing is ever going downwards yet, magically, the prices just keep going up for "services".

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carla · 11 months ago

This sounds like a really bad idea...

Screen Sleuth · 11 months ago

Bad idea for many reasons, least of all having to watch the clock while I use games or apps, which amounts to "renting" the computer I already own.

Anthony Ha · 11 months ago

Exactly -- though in this case you probably paid a much lower price to own it.

Tracker001 · 11 months ago

What have MS been smoking ?
What about those of us that go out ,buy the bits we need and build our own ?
It seem MS is trying to paten what is all ready beeing done .
Go over the disk space you have already allocated on a rented site. Do you not get an additinal charge ?

The last propritory computer I'v bought is a laptop. As for the desktop , try 1989 .

This is NUTS !!

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