My main computer at home is a quad core, water cooled beast. This thing is able to run the latest computer games while hosting 3 virtual servers with out breaking a sweat. So why am I so excited about a low powered netbook that is limited to accessing the cloud? It's simple, it allows me to take my beast with me in a nice neat little package.
By writing cloud server applications I can permit my little netbook to remotely access everything my main system has to offer. Soon these little miracle applications will be made available to the public. You can already see the beginning of this with the OnLive and GaiKai gaming services. If you have stable internet connection with basic broadband you can play the most demanding games on the lowliest of hardware. Soon we will be able to play on our own systems remotely thanks to GameString.
Businesses are already using this technology. Automotive companies are installing blade workstations with powerful graphic processing to enable engineers to work smoothly in CATIA, a Computer Aided Drafting suite tailored for the industry, from a low powered business laptop.
the truly exciting thing is not that we can work in the cloud, it's that we can make our own private clouds!
Plea to Google: I hate my job, get me away from the Microsoft centered world and take me into you loving and progressive embrace! I want my head in the clouds! I want to work with Chrome OS!
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