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by 999900000999 552 days ago
I had a very weird day and I thought about this.

Cloud sessions for everything, one unified OS for your phone, VR, PC, TV, etc.

Built from the ground up, it both runs on a 30$ phone and a 6k computer. Do it on Risc V or another open source architecture.

Then I came back to earth and realized this would cost hundreds of billions to build and market.

Android is close. But ultimately you can't run any PC apps on it( although Dex + Remote Desktop to a Microsoft Cloud PC can fake it).

In my dream we don't even need USB C, your just limited to whatever device your currently using. For example you're TV could probably play the Sims, or use cloud gaming. Your PC could also play the Sims, but AAA games as well.

We'd have to build a new OS( probably a Linux distro) which is heavily dependent on cloud services.

I'd be hyper aggressive with the marketing. A 50$ mini Risc V PC gets you started.
2 comments
71bw 551 days ago
>But ultimately you can't run any PC apps on it

https://winlator.org/

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Hilift 551 days ago
> Android is close. But ultimately you can't run any PC apps on it

Android can run KVM. What Android cannot do is run Windows due to the consumer would not have or bring a license or purchase a license.

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999900000999 551 days ago
It's almost like Microsoft had an Android phone recently.

For some strange reason they never saw fit to put Windows arm on it.

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