This - thin client was to be the messiah for business - it failed at implementation, I can't see how things have changed, the workplace is far better suited to the cloud/thin client model as you can easily predict usage patterns, if it didn't work there, I don't hold a lot of hope for the new gen stuff.
For my money the problem is the user... we lie, constantly, about expectations, usage, requirements, and acceptable 'service' levels.
Just look at how the mobile phone has changed to the point where the ability to actually make a phone call is almost an afterthought (where is the iphone 4?....
) While the idea of a cheap, light, quick tab to do 'the interwebs' sounds great, I don't believe any of us actually want that - we want it all and would be mightily peeved if it came crashing to a half if the connection to the cloud was lost. Given how cheap the processing grunt to fulfil our needs has become (and it will get even cheaper) I (personally) think the 'thin' ship has sailed.That's not to say the idea of cloud storage, and some additional services aren't most welcome (I would love to have a netbook/gPad that I could augment through a cloud based model) - but I can't see the point of moving all storage/processing capability out of the unit.
