Microsoft outlines vision of pay-as-you-go computing

[CrispedUp 10+ year member]

Looks interesting....

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/29/microsoft.metered.computing/index.html

Click to read more...

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Everything old is new again...

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Welcome to AOL

You Got Mail

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Charging for the various bundles may be by bundle and by duration. For example, the office bundle may be $1.00 [68 pence] per hour, the gaming bundle may be $1.25 per hour and the browsing bundle may be $0.80 per hour.

I could buy a new computer in a month just surfing this site.

 

[craigzter 10+ year member]

fuck that shit...I will stick with the one I got

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

never going to happen.

interesting read though

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

never going to happen.
interesting read though

I could see them trying as they plan to essentially give the PCs away, thinking that people will use them over time.

I can see a junkie signing up for one selling it for $50 for some HS kid to strip it and sell the parts.

 

[Dak446 10+ year member]

ya i have to agree, not going to happen

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I could see them trying as they plan to essentially give the PCs away, thinking that people will use them over time.
I can see a junkie signing up for one selling it for $50 for some HS kid to strip it and sell the parts.

they might try.. but they arent going to change the system.

besides some 12 year old would figure out how to hack and use them full power for free in 4 days..

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

INdeed...

nG

 

[swx1042 10+ year member]

Everything old is new again...

Word though.

This is Unix and "dumb" terminals all over again...

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

weak.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

as far as stripping it down, think Emachines.....everything integrated, nothing replacable

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Word though.
This is Unix and "dumb" terminals all over again...

i dun thin so

 

[swx1042 10+ year member]

i dun thin so

To me it is.

with that old concept, you had the mainframe, and then you had the keyboard and monitor terminal. and before that, it was the mainframe and then punch cards you inserted into a slot to access the mainframe.

and unless you were privileged or were attending a university, you pretty much paid per use and for the amount of content.