Well yea, of course "computers as a service" is going to be a thing, and I'm not against it. - Imagine just being able to use a computer virtually while THEY (Microsoft for example) take care of the damn thing. I really don't think that's a bad thing. - Yea, having your data cloud-based or having to rely on an internet-connection is questionable. But look, internet is going to be very normal to have at a decent level of performance everywhere at some point," so many things going cloud-based and virtual is just going to be a norm as well.<br>But I can already imagine one being subscribed to a virtual computer and the service notifying them that "We'll be upgrading such and such." and you won't have to pay or do a damn thing for it", besides the subscription. - You know, like cloud-gaming. - I'm an old-fashion local user, but cool, once it works well.