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If the pc has specs to run something from the cloud it has specs to run a local os.
Depends on what you do and depends on how it's set up.
At a previous job we had thin clients set up to connect to some remote desktops, and indeed they were running an OS locally, but had barely enough resources to run the OS and the client app.
Maybe uould find a version of linux that would run on them. I'm not a linux aficionado but I've found cut-down flavours useful in the past when I've needed something that could run on a crippled potato.
If you can run it on a pi, you can run it on these
Yep, just looking at it screams thin client. This will have just enough for networking (wifi/bluetooth), running three monitors (no gaming), some 3.5mm audio, and usb 2.0. If it's business focues, probably some remote mgmt stuff, and maybe a default VPN client.