- It's relatively cheap, starts under $200/yr. It would take years to equal the cost of an equivalent system.
- Like most cloud services they'll upgrade the hardware over time.
- I can log into my exact same workstation from anywhere, on any device and even pick up from where I last left off.
- I can upgrade to more powerful GPUs if I need, up to absolutely state of the art 30xx level. The base level has a 1080 equivalent.
- It has USB passthrough so I can use whatever I/O devices I want.
- The virtual desktop has gigabit internet connectivity.
Some downsides:
- RAM as only 12GB
- Disk starts at 256GB (but you can add more up to 2TB)
- Windows 10
However....there are upgrade packages coming soon with up to 32GB RAM, better GPUs and more default storage.
TBH, I have 10 year old laptops in the closet I could use with this that would suddenly make them viable systems again.