I want one of these. Looks so interesting, and I've tried the AWS
virtual desktop as a service offer once and found it pretty compelling.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/27/aws_workspaces_thin_client/
AWS plays with Fire TV Cube, turns it into a thin client for cloudy
desktops 21 comment bubble on white
$195 a pop, delivered, pre-provisioned ready to stream desktops or apps
Simon Sharwood
Mon 27 Nov 2023 // 03:48 UTC
RE:INVENT Amazon Web Services has announced the WorkSpaces Thin Client
– a device dedicated to connecting to its WorkSpaces desktop-as-a
service offering and based on Amazon's own "Fire Cube" smart TV box.
The $195 machine has the same hardware as the Fire Cube: the eight-core Arm-powered Amlogic POP1-G SoC, plus 2GB of LPDDR4 RAM, 10/100
ethernet, and a single USB-A 2.0 port. Bluetooth is included to connect
other peripherals. A second HDMI output can be added by acquiring an
$85 hub that also offers four more USB ports.
Like the Fire TV Cube, the Thin Client also runs a modified cut of
Android.
But there the similarities end. AWS created custom firmware and ripped
out anything remotely related to running a consumer device, replacing
it with software designed solely to create a secure connection between
the device and desktops running in the Amazonian cloud.
Amazon Business – the B2B version of Jeff Bezos's digital souk – will
ship the device to your door, and charge it to your AWS bill. At least
if you are in the USA. Europe will get the Thin Client in early 2024,
and it'll eventually migrate elsewhere.
AWS decided to base the box on the Fire Cube because, according to a
corporate blog post, AWS customers expressed a desire for cheaper and easier-to-maintain client devices. As AWS execs searched for a
well-priced box, they considered the Fire TV Cube, found it fit the
bill and noted it was already being made at scale. Keeping things
in-house made sense, too.
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