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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2012 Feb 25, 23:43 -0800
There's a new service that runs Windows on an iPad (may work on iPhone; other platforms soon). It's called "Onlive Desktop". It actually runs Windows on a server, and you see it and interact with it at very nearly the same speed that you would if you were running it on a home computer. It requires a continuous internet connection, and, so far, it's only available in the US but they're expanding. The amazing thing here is that you work in real versions of Microsoft Office products with almost no limitations. So you can run any navigation spreadsheet that you can imagine, not just small ones that run in the usual "app-sized" versions of spreadsheet software on mobile devices. For $5 a month you get full internet access ...including near-perfect Flash (poor Steve...).
Is it too good to be true? Probably. It's very fast right now because they don't have many users. And you'll find you will probably prefer to use it with a Bluetooth keyboard, and unless you're good at tapping just the right spot, you may want an iPad-compatible stylus. Also, Apple may well come to their senses and realize that this product could wipe out a substantial portion of their revenue.
-FER
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