I use a PC for graphic design.
It’s almost always the case that old technologies die slower deaths than expected after an eclipsing generation has been introduced.
Sort of a dumb argument from the start since laptops have up to 17" screens and aren't so different from desktops. I think the real divide is between computers with full sized keyboards and decent sized screens compared to tiny keyboards and screens from larger tablet size down to tiny smart phone screens.
The full size keyboard and decent size screens aren't going away. They'll be around for a long time in some configuration.
These things are not static. They will all change. That is not to say they will die.
I could give up the PC if they ported MS office to tablets. You can plug the tablet to an IPS panel TV and get your big screen for a lot less than a computer monitor of equivalent size. Same panel.
As for internet speeds. I get about 20 mbps from a cable provider at home, and fast enough from other hot spots that I don't notice it. I generally don't notice particularly fast or slow connections. So it seems our speeds are good enough that there is no significant impetus to make changes.
Broadcast tv is dead/dying. But cable is how a lot of content is delivered. I don't think they care if I'm watching something they are sending as tv, or if I'm using their bandwidth to pull it from a server in a different format.
As for Apple, who knows. They are definetly not the same company they used to be. They can't be, companies, particularly in their markets, have to change. They wouldn't be around if they had tried to simply stick to making macs, or IIes, or Lisas, etc. Are they still "innovative?" That remains to be seen.
I have been spammed with ads for the new PC workstation. It’s revolutionary. It is for the Obamavoters.
It has no changeable stuff that you need to know. The OS is fixed/set, and the screen has four or maybe it was eiight icons. Facebook was one of them. It’s named, in Norwegian, the “DukaPC” - in english that would probably be the “You Can PC”.
The low-information-PC.
Tablets are great for reading, but you’ll always need a mouse like device, a keyboard, and a large display for creating documents, presentations, or number crunching.
The advantage of desktop PCs is that they can be easily upgraded. Need a bigger hard drive, more RAM or even a new processor..no problem. Most components can be installed with no more than a screw driver. I just upgraded my 7 year old desktop with more RAM and a new processor and mother board to accommodate Windows 7... everything else was reused. To upgrade a laptop you buy a new laptop and throw the old one away.
hummm I don’t think desk top PC’s will ever lose it allure for those that use productivity software everyday for a living. Laptops are wonderful 2nds to the PC in that they are useful for those that must be productive.
Tablets....meh! yeah they are a convenient diversion but surfing with them is a constant exercise of Madison avenue gypsy, trinket, hotlink ambushing. Then you have to constantly request a desktop site so you can read the print.
A big FU to all the annoying android code writers out there.
Large screen is still desirable for many uses and will remain desirable, TV and computer monitor have merged, it had become a redundancy anyway. “Screen” as hardware might eventually become obsolete, but large format viewing capability for both work and pleasure isn't going anywhere.
The remaining vestiges of visible “computer” as previously understood, the full size keyboard and mouse, remain necessary for many and likely will for several years to come. We have virtual keyboards now, I'm typing on one. It's functional enough for limited applications such as e-mail and memos, or field use filling in data. It's nothing I'd want to use for graphic creation. So, it's no replacement, just a make-do. But, eventually, there will arise a functional, desirable alternative as well, that will complete the “computer” migration into the woodwork, into apparent invisibility.
So, you won't see a box and a monitor set up in a discrete, separate environment but it'll still be there, still perfectly capable of performing any task for which you've configured it. It'll just be part of a larger communications system with a fixed component and a portable component, all the same system though. Extensible for highly visual-intensive or input-intensive tasks, I guess is a way to describe it.
If I still gamed or just plain wanted more memory,s I could leave more wimdows open, I’d own a tower.
Just about all laptops serve my needs these days.
The tiny screens are going to damage eyesight in the young. Don’t throw away your desktop.
Everytime I hear this I remember that a coworker in 1985 proclaimed to me that COBOL and the Mainframe computer would be dead by 1990, 1995 at the latest. When I retired from the military and walked into my civilian job position in 1993 I was greeted by a IBM 3270 dumb terminal and worked on a mainframe using COBOL and Assembler. COBOL and Mainframes are still here and in use. Now days I work with PCs, laptops, and tablets using C#, a little Java etc but there are still mainframers out there and COBOL hasn’t completely died either.
I agree with him on the first 3. As for number 4, I’ve never really found Apple that innovative in the first place. Very rarely do they make anything first, they just tend to make the first version that appeals to the masses, they sexify a lot more than they innovate, which is an excellent skill but shouldn’t be confused for actually making new things.
the cloud is secure.
the cloud is safe and private.
HA!