[chronogram]

I don’t know why you’d want that. The place where I have my big monitor is where I also have the space for a computer that has enough room to be always fast and quiet for my tasks that I can leave running things, while my phone is something that I need for communication which can help with information/scheduling and that I would like to have with me at all times. Having all my work on my phone would make me leave that phone at home and get an extra phone, I just wouldn’t trust myself with all that even if I have backups.

[fsflover]

> The place where I have my big monitor is where I also have the space for a computer

If you have a single device for everything, you do not need syncing and backups are needed only for one device.

[zepto]

A single device for everything is a single point of failure for everything.

One of the great things about having various synced devices is that if one fails or is misplaced, stolen etc., the others are instantly available.

No single device solution can replicate this real world benefit.

[neolog]

Well, you can get two of them

[zepto]

As I said, no single device solution can provide this benefit.

And even having a spare doesn’t help if you don’t sync.

[wjnc]

It’s a 400W+ machine blazing under my desk, with relatively low performance per watt and per unit of cost and high depreciation per hour of usage. With 6 ms latency to my major IX and the stability and backup professionalism cloud providers can offer I’d be all in for online desktop. Perhaps I’d invest in a bit more beefy Synology as an internet-down local machine, but my phone or iPad could offer that functionality as well. Going from full machines to terminal-screens would also save my household of 5 many kgs of electronics. That times a few hundred million households sure adds up.

[kevin_thibedeau]

Only gaming rigs consume 400W routinely. My current devices are drawing as follows:

  PC             40W
  Monitor        27W
  NAS box        2.5W
  2x Hard drives 16W