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From the blog post (https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/everything-is-computer)

>Personal Computer runs on a dedicated Mac mini that can run 24/7, connected to your local apps and Perplexity’s secure servers.

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Ohhh so it’s just openclaw. Innovative.

OpenClaw as an appliance, ready to use, sold to non-techies? May as well be profitable.

Does openclaw have a killer use yet? Ive not opted to use it yet becauase - while very impressive hype and capability - seems like a lot of risk/credits for not an insane gain.

Does any fashion thing always offer a lot of gain? But it's selling well because it's hot fashion, a talking piece, a sign of belonging to a particular social circle, etc. Perplexity caught the moment very reasonably: a fad should be monetized very quickly, because it's often as quick to fizz out.

I guess my question is there any value or is it merely the thing du jour.

Giving non-technical people agents with custom skills, quickly (like literally in under an hour). We've done a couple similar deployments but with some hard guardrails and it's been a hit.

So is that the use case -- getting non-technical people a leg up?

Productizing openclaw. Seems pretty smart. (But probably going to be commoditized pretty quickly.)

Yep. Perplexity offers this comparison/recommendation:

Choose Perplexity Computer if you: want a managed, safer, minimal‑setup agent for research, content, presentations, and business workflows, and you’re fine paying a subscription for a polished cloud experience.

Choose OpenClaw if you: are technical, want local code execution and device automation, prefer full control over models/tools, and are willing to own the security and troubleshooting burden.

Surely a highly innovative product that will sell in high volumes /s

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