Posted on 08/12/2011 3:39:08 PM PDT by george76
In our increasingly smartphone-and-tablet computing-centric world, one of the computer engineers who helped design IBM's first personal computer, has made it official: The PC is dead.
Thirty years ago, Mark Dean was part of the original team that helped usher in a personal computing revolution when Big Blue announced its PC. On the anniversary of that seminal announcement, Dean said it is time to move beyond the PC. (see: Today is the IBM Model 5150's 30th birthday)
"My primary computer now is a tablet. When I helped design the PC, I didn't think I'd live long enough to witness its decline," Dean, nowadays the chief technology officer for IBM Middle East and Africa, wrote on a company blog. "But, while PCs will continue to be much-used devices, they're no longer at the leading edge of computing. They're going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs."
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Darn, I was hoping they meant Political Correctness was dead.
I hope this isn’t true. Tablets and smartphones are great, but PC’s are still better for certain things.
That’s odd. My PC is working just fine.
They called it the 5150?
That’s crazy!
Tell that to hard-core gamers and simmers.
That will never happen as long as there are libtards.
Mac lovers will rejoice.
Too bad it’s not the other kind of PC!
That’s what they said about Hitler in 1945, and look he’s been hiding in Argentina the whole time!
They said that about Elvis, too.
I seriously doubt the PC is dead. People who use their computers hours per day probably will not want to use tablets and other formats with small screens and small keyboards. It will become a smaller portion of computer sales, but many will not want to use the small, confining, midget computers no matter how powerful they become.
When an expert predicts the future, bet against it.
They know what they know, but they do not know what they do not know. I it is what they do not know that keeps their predictions from coming true.
Apple surged past Exxon in value the other day, for a moment anyhow.
The PC is dying for sure, but not dead yet. I am posting from an overheating lap top right here.
Meanwhile, the IPAD does at least as much as the PC, is more portable, and does not overheat. No viruses as yet either.
PC is gonna be dead soon, just not quite this minute.
Then what the heck am I posting on?
They can make the computer as small as they want. Just don’t take away my full-sized keyboard with real buttons.
IBM killed the PC with their first so called PC. Prior to their entry, PCs had enough IRQs to handle anything. IBM created a dumbed down standard to ensure mainframes were kept safe. We’ve been paying the price ever since.
It might be dead sales wise, but there will be us holdouts. Yeah, all these other gizmos are portable and handy and such, but they are useless to me. I’ll still have a powerful desktop and a landline phone for awhile yet. Yes, I have a smartphone, and a tablet. They aren’t my first choice at home
Hard to believe this was cutting edge stuff when I learned to repair in the Navy back in the 80’s
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