Saturday, June 19, 2010

Is it the Death of Desktops?

Forrester's projections reflect the shifting definition of the personal computer. In spite of their name, desktop PCs often have several users. Laptops, netbooks, and tablets are usually single-user machines—that is, they really are personal. Modern mobile operating systems are built with room enough for one—Apple's iOS and Google's Android are both tied in to a single user's e-mail, calendar, and app-purchasing accounts. Forrester's numbers also suggest that in the future we'll have many such machines around the house. Your "main" computer will be a laptop—and you'll probably have several smaller, tablet-type machines that you use regularly as well.

Interesting the changes that are coming in the tech world. My new android phone is probably more powerful than desktops of a decade ago.

I do like my desktops, but am increasingly interested in a large laptop like a MacBookPro 17... seems like it would do most I needed it to do.

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