Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
PC World makes a spirited argument that desktop virtualization will save Windows 8.
It's not a very coherent argument though:


Hyper-V is Microsoft's Type 1 hypervisor -- that is, a virtualization layer that runs on bare metal instead of as a guest of the operating system. Until now, Hyper-V has been available only as part of Windows Server. Making it the foundation underneath the next desktop version of Windows changes everything.


No it won't. It will not be the foundation of Windows 8 desktop for obvious reasons, and it will not change “everything” either....


Why? Because that could yield the best possible solution for desktop virtualization. [...] A client hypervisor, which is what we think Hyper-V's role may be in Windows 8, runs a virtual Windows desktop on the client rather than the server. This would give you the ability to run without a connection to the server, so users can take their Windows virtual machines with them on a laptop or tablet, and IT still enjoys all the manageability and security benefits of VDI. [...]


Because this is in need of a load of . The whole reason IT benefits from VDI is because it brings O(n) configurations down to O(1). You are not automagically secure because you run your applications in some virtual desktop... The nice thing about virtualisation is how it lets you work as if it is your local machine. Security vulnerabilities and all.

Now, once a VPN and and a tightly controlled and monitored configuration sit in between you and your applications there is maybe something to that security pitch. But then, that is almost exactly the opposite of what the article is gibbering on about.