Dev boots a PC from Google Drive cloud storage — a storage-less laptop becomes a truly cloud-native computer

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Ersei, the developer behind this so-called Cloud Native Computer, says the project was primarily a “silly” pursuit. There is also a problem with booting from Google Drive currently being very slow. However, the dev also boasts that “the possibilities are endless” and would welcome any companies or individuals who wish to get in contact and discuss commercializing this project or something related to it.

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Interesting experiment, but I'd rather have a personal machine that isnt completely useless when/if the internet goes out. Also would be nice not to depend on a centralized service that could easily revoke access.

Seems like it's better suited for company work computers.

when/if the internet goes out.

Or worse, when it basically sends a different image...