New Chip Offers Virtual Windows Desktops, On TVs 99
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angry tapir writes "Ncomputing on Friday announced a chip that could turn devices like TVs or set-top boxes into virtual desktops through which users can run Windows applications or access the Internet. The Numo chip contains a dual-core processor based on an ARM design that will allow devices to run Windows multimedia applications when connected to a host machine like a desktop or server. The setup uses the company's Vspace software on host machines to set up remote devices as virtual desktops."
Windows apps? (Score:5, Funny)
I guess TVs have been reliable for so long someone got bored and asked "how can we totally through a wrench in this?", and the answer was "I know -- let's bring the misery of windows to the TV!". Losers.
Micro == mini!? (Score:4, Funny)
So now my personal microcomputer is becoming a time-shared minicomputer again...? Should I dig out my corduroy bell-bottom pants, too?
Re:Forget TVs (Score:3, Funny)
Excuse me sir, are you insinuating that Avatar was anything but pure original storytelling [failblog.org]?
Re:Herr Kontroller in Redmond... (Score:3, Funny)
But imagine a BSOD at 1080p! Hi-def kernel panics!
We're entering into a new era of error processing!
Re:typical (Score:2, Funny)
Ok, it only works for Linux/UNIX, but.. It's called X.
I believe you may have missed several occurrences of the word "fast" in the comment you were replying to.