[Disclosure: The companies mentioned are clients of the author.]We are in the early stages of moving local processing to the cloud and transitioning from the modern PC to something far closer to a terminal.
This week, for example, HP launched their new Chromebox Chromebooks and added them to their DaaS (Device as a Service) plan.
Chrome-based products initially anticipated a cloud future at a time when Microsoft didn''t seem that interested in the cloud.Man, have things changed: the Windows Virtual Desktop is now the lead contender for this eventual migration.