>>>>I really really like the idea - but it seems like one of those things that's just too good to be true. I will wait for a while and see how it progresses before I put any $ down.
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>>As with most simple ideas or solutions to complex problems, you need to observe that if it were so obvious/easy, anybody could do it. And would have. E.g. there has to be a reason why MS isn't putting proper Windows OS onto phone devices that have more storage and processor power than my first 286. Wonder what it is.
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>Your 286 never had a "proper" Windows OS.

It had win.exe which you could run as an app. Or you could run GEM.