============This is making me think virtual desktop=========
Virtual desktop on steroids. Consider sitting at one table, with a family member to your left, a friend to your right, and all three of you are using the exact same computer, all logged in doing very different things with your own keyboards, your own mice, and your own monitors. (see the picture and video I posted above)
-—————It almost makes the PC itself obsolete for most uses.-—————
Not at all. All three of you(your friend, family member, and yourself) are connected to one single PC. A laptop would easily work as well, hardware limitations notwithstanding.
-——————To setup another computer———————
Not a whole different computer. These are not stand alone thin clients. They’re very different.
To my knowledge, USB has a limit of 127 devices.
So your maximal end result could be 127 users all using one computer. That’s a lot of tables, keyboards, mice, and monitors. But you would save quite a pretty penny by eliminating 126 towers! Just make sure you invest in twin 8 core opterons. :-)
This assumes 20 monitors, 20 keyboards, 20 mice, and one single PC.
I should have clarified on that point. I was assuming enterprise type environments with thin clients. Not home/residential users. The PC will continue to be around for a very long time there(especially as long as folks do PC gaming).