[fbdab103]

Really chomping into Microsoft's domain here.

$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.

Edit: Wait, I misread, it is $6 / month + whatever virtual machine is being hosted.

[kyriakos]

Office 365 subscription licences are quite cheap too. With a bare minimum laptop (say 600usd) excel/word/browser work can be done with no issues. Considering that a laptop is also self contained with no need for extra devices (amazon thin client still needs a screen, peripherals attached) it may not be so much better for IT departments.

[number6]

Doing this. All documents synced to the cloud. Os striped down and autoupdated with just Office.

No connection to the internal IT other then the sync.

If something goes haywire the Laptop gets nuked and replaced on the same day