Operating Systems Move Entirely to the Cloud

AUSTIN — Why buya $2,000 laptop when a $200 terminal can do the same job? This is the premise behind 'Thin-OS', a new cloud-streaming operating system. Your local machine only handles the display and input; the actual processing, storage, and memory are handled by a server farm hundreds of miles away. As 5G and fiber networks become ubiquitous, the latency is entirely unnoticeable to the average user. This paradigm shift could drastically reduce electronic waste, as consumers won't need to upgrade their hardware every three years.