Virtual computer runs on no hardware
Posted on Nov 19, 07 08:02 AM PDT
Word has it that the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and giant notebook manufacturer Quanta are currently collaborating on a "virtual computer that can run without any hardware”. This sounds like Virtual Machines that would run from a server and require only a keyboard and a TV on the user’s side. If that’s true, it’s simply a poor way of communicating about this, because “running without hardware” is rather confusing and false.
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By morfydd , 19/11/07 10:54 AM (CommentID #369948)
I was using a computer that was only a dumb terminal and keyboard connected to a UNIX server in 1989. I feel so advanced...
Remind me how this is new and exciting?
By Chris Meisenzahl , 19/11/07 8:58 AM (CommentID #369864)
It could be a VM on top of another VM, but doesn't there ultimately need to be some hardware at the end of the chain?
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