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Re: Pay-as-you-go computer sounds like a headache

Tracker001 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:30:55 -0000

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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Anthony Ha — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:26:36 -0000

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

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Screen Sleuth — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:50:51 -0000

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.

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carla — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:20:56 -0000

This sounds like a really bad idea...

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Jon — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:19:19 -0000

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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Re: Pay-as-you-go computer sounds like a headache

Anthony Ha — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:43:15 -0000

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.

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Anthony Ha — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:42:33 -0000

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.

Re: Pay-as-you-go computer sounds like a headache

Anthony Ha — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:25:26 -0000

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.

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Anthony Ha — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:05:34 -0000

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?

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Loren — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:51:52 -0000

"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.

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iljung — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:53:42 -0000

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.

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Anthony Ha — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:14:41 -0000

Uh, yes

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me — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:16:34 -0000

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