Comment by cr125rider

7 days ago

That’s insane they thought a more expensive tablet was a market as opposed to a stand alone tablet.

The remote viewing is coming back though. PlayStation Portal comes to mind which is just a remote controller and screen for a PS5. It’s considerably cheaper than the full device, of course, because that would be insane if it weren’t, _Microsoft_

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p_ing  7 days ago

What's even better is that the Mira tablet simply RDP'ed into a Windows XP Pro machine. Had to be Pro, because RDP. Locks out the local console, because RDP.

It was slow over 802.11b (I beta tested two of the devices).

  • kmeisthax  7 days ago

    >Locks out the local console, because RDP.

    Windows is perfectly capable of hosting multiple sessions, Microsoft just wants to charge you double the cost of a Windows license per session on a separate server tier of OS license.

    Of course, it wouldn't have saved the device if Microsoft had bent their rules for themselves...