Microsoft Introduces Pay-as-You-Go Computing

An anonymous reader writes "Geekzone is reporting that Microsoft is introducing a new business model for 'pay-as-you-go computing.' From the article: 'The pay-as-you-go computing model enabled by Microsoft's FlexGo technology allows customers to have a fully featured PC at home by paying only for the time as they use it through the purchase of prepaid activation cards or tokens. Microsoft has been running trials of the program in Brazil for more than a year and will soon be expanding to select markets in India, Russia, China and Mexico.'" This makes me giggle, because it's basically the return of time-sharing; in the past it was for for mainframe systems, but I suppose the same concept behind the mainframe idea would be true in developing countries today with PC systems.

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Something to clear up that cough

[SuperKendall]

where you pay $5000 for a PC that costs $500

*cough* Apple *cough*. :-)

That cough sounds pretty nasty - you know what would clear that right up, for you and everyone else? A Mac mini or a Macbook.

I know you were joking but repetion becomes perceived truth, and it's pretty annoying to see the Apple is Expensive meme continue long after they are not.