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Low cost, fast computer you can access from any web browser
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Garry Tan

Paperspace - Low cost, fast computer you can access from any web browser

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Sydney Cohen
Welcome to the future of computing :D
Dereck Breuning
So how does this work when it comes to business software people need? Like the AutoCADs, Photoshops but also GIS products and more specific stuff. How do you handle the licensing structure?
Daniel Kobran
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@dereckbreuning Sorry for the delay. You can install any program you would normally install on a regular computer. There are no limitations with respect to licensing that we know of. I use all of the programs you just mentioned (completely serious, I used to be an architect). Ultimately, we would like to offer pre-configured machines and on-demand software. So much to do!
Dereck Breuning
@danielkobran thanks ok so you just deliver the desktop OS and updates etc. Al fully preconfigured set of apps for certain types of jobs would be cool yeah! Thanks for the info :)
Thomas K. Running
I assume this won't support OS X, right?
Dereck Breuning
@kjemperud it says they are focusing on Windows and Linux for now. Other OS-es in the future. So might as well be a thing. I mean there is a Mac mini colocation services around which do kind of the same. But without the (maybe :)) slick interface.
Shaun Trennery
Cloud streaming is very very exciting and has the potential to change computing as we know it. Our various devices will be "dumb" reflections of the cloud.
Daniel Kobran
Maker
Thanks everyone for your support. We are overwhelmed! Can't wait to get Paperspace out in the world.
James Woo
Looks interesting if I need a more powerful machine to do graphics or video rendering etc.
Stan Reimgen
@garrytan, that looks and sounds pretty badass! Amazing idea, excited to see how the world will handle that! :)
Santosh Sankar
Awesome! What are the most common use cases amongst consumers using Paperspace? I assume this could be a great, low-cost alternative for SMBs as well who don't want to purchase and maintain relatively expensive virtual desktop solutions.
Joe Conyers III
If they can get this to talk to active directory it's huge for enterprise. Would love to replicate a little VM for folks and give them this hockypuck to carry around to deal with our legacy apps.
Daniel Kobran
Maker
@joeconyers We have Active Directory deployments out in the world right now. You can network VMs just like regular computers--you just put everything on a VPC and you're all set. Thanks for bringing this up.
Kumar Thangudu
This is like mainframe computing 3.0. 1. Why would I use this instead of a thin client that I can easily find anywhere on the web? https://www.google.com/search?ou... 2. If it's a thin client are you going after consumer or business? Well made video. Dell and all the other thin client makers should fire their ads folks and buy you.
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