Is there a such a thing as a "Dumb Laptop" or perhaps a "Wireless dumb terminal"? I would ideally like to buy a laptop that connects remotely to my more powerful desktop.
So the laptop will just functional as a display with a keyboard and a mouse. The CPU, the video processing, storage etc will be on the desktop. This would be perfect for gaming, where a powerful, easily upgradable desktop PC can be remotely controlled by a laptop like device with a nice LCD.
Software solutions for this, like remotePC or PCAnywhere, just don't provide the framerates for decent gaming.
Are there any technical limitations as to why such a device does not exist? Or does is not exist because I am the only nut who thinks this would be neat! I really like sitting on a recliner and gaming on my laptop, but I cannot seem to afford getting a laptop powerful enough to play todays games! The desktops however seem much cheaper...