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Jumping From Computer To Computer

Posted by michael on from the wherever-you-go-there-you-are dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Imagine a world where computers become so ubiquitous that the idea of carrying a laptop will almost be laughable, a world where any computer could be your computer! According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, this is the goal of Intel Research Pittsburgh's Internet Suspend/Resume (ISR) project, a project that may one day let your work jump from computer to computer without interruption by using the Internet, distributed file systems, and virtual machines. When the non-proprietary technology becomes available, a user will suspend a task on the computer he's working on, and resume this work using another computer in another part of a city or several thousands of miles away. The second system will look identical to the first one, with the same files and applications opened. This technology would also ease OS upgrades or eliminate the pain coming from a hard disk failure. The project has even a feature named Rollback which would permit to go back in time, eliminating these pesky viruses. A pilot test will start this fall, so don't expect to be able to use ISR for a while. You'll find more details and references in this overview."

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  1. Hmmn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...so when Windows BSODs and you change to the next machine in the lab, you'll still have to sit and wait for it to restart?

  2. Uh, right. by Jaywalk · · Score: 4, Funny
    Someday in the future, once people have stopped giggling about how all telephones once were wired to the wall, they'll still have trouble containing their laughter about laptop computers.
    <SARCASM> That's right, and cell phones are just a fad. After all, there are phones all over the place, so why would anyone want to carry their own? </SARCASM>

    Computers keep shrinking and prices keep dropping. Why depend on a remote site to host your desktop when you could keep the same data in your watch, jackknife or wallet?

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  3. yeah right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    so i can go use your grubby mouse and keyboard crusted with finger jam?

    no thanks

  4. So now I can... by scoot241 · · Score: 2, Funny

    resume my game of Command and Conquer Generals from anywhere? I can see the productivity numbers dropping off the chart already.

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  5. Re:The future is now. by Matthias+Wiesmann · · Score: 2, Funny
    That is, we could arrest a computation running on a Sun
    Shouldn't we check if said computation was breaking the law before? I know that running on a Sun is suspicious, but still.
  6. Re:I love this quote... by Alsee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Instead of laughing about how noone will use this, try to come up with how you could make it secure and usable instead.

    We could run Longhorn on it.

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