Post #1305107
2026-04-01 10:37 UTC
Isn’t it curious how Apple has brought out its cheapest laptop ever at a time when hardware is otherwise at its most expensive in a long time? It’s an underpowered client for cloud services
Welcome to the future of computing. The ‘thin client’ dream of the 90s is here!
Replies (4)
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@dpk@chaos.social 2026-04-01 10:49
And yes, what I am describing between cloud providers and hardware manufacturers is an illegal cartel Does it look like the current US administration would do anything to stop them? Does it look like the current US administration is going anywhere in the next, oh, ten to fifty years?
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@sashabilton@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-01 10:50
@dpk the next iMac will look like this
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@sarajw@front-end.social 2026-04-01 10:59
@dpk oohhhh. The internet is the Mainframe and our laptops are the Workstations
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@ozzelot@mstdn.social 2026-04-01 12:28
@dpk I have repurposed a thin client to host a snac instance, where is your god now https://snac.sklenicekrtku.cz/ozzelot/p/1773848911.109105