Amazon WorkSpaces is a desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) offering for companies facing the end of support for Windows 10 in October 2025. Many devices are incompatible with Windows 11, leading organizations to explore DaaS to avoid hardware upgrades or replacements. I propose repurposing older laptops with ChromeOS Flex to serve as secure client devices for accessing virtual Windows 11 desktops on WorkSpaces, thereby saving costs and reducing e-waste. I demonstrate the ease of converting an obsolete laptop and successfully connecting it to a WorkSpaces environment, even for demanding tasks such as GPU-enabled workloads and Microsoft 365 applications.
While effective for most users, I acknowledge that power users with advanced display needs will require more specialized thin clients.
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