And we're circling back to these awful thin clients. Man computing is going to suck for worker drones for the next while. WYSE eat your heart out!
I'm not sure they should be promoting this as a device that is suitable for disaster response. They also don't mention the total cost of ownership upfront. Seems like their initial arguement is hinged on the cost of Windows and other licences and they don't really compare themselves to something like Chrome OS.
Really chomping into Microsoft's domain here.<p>$195 / per device + $6/month usage. Which for corporate IT, is probably a bargain vs some depreciating hardware + Microsoft OS + Office licenses + backups/virus/etc.<p>Edit: Wait, I misread, it is $6 / month + whatever virtual machine is being hosted.
So it is basically an upgraded SunRay 3i except it has a few more smarts (probably including a CPU that has hardware encryption like almost all do now) to reach out to AWS to configure itself rather than needing a local DHCP and SunRay Server software.
I hope this becomes available on GovCloud, that would be a game changer for remote workers working with CUI data. For a small business, I wonder if a completely managed, GovCloud based IT infrastructure might make it easier and cheaper to achieve CMMC compliance.