Arguably there's no longer a practical use for desktops for everyday users. - Edit 1
Before modification by Ghavrel at 02/04/2011 08:58:41 AM
I don't buy into the idiocy Gizmodo was spouting yesterday about tablets replacing laptops in the near future, but no casual user really needs the power of a desktop computer these days. As for smartphones, they're an absolute necessity for anybody in the business and legal world. The ability to read PDFs, for example, is critical.
The current state of thinking in the technology world, to my knowledge, is that we're seeing a paradigm shift from the Internet as something you access at certain points to the Internet as a ubiquitous presence. It's very similar to the paradigm shift telephony underwent in the previous decade; before, you called people at fixed locations, whereas now you can call them anywhere.
The current state of thinking in the technology world, to my knowledge, is that we're seeing a paradigm shift from the Internet as something you access at certain points to the Internet as a ubiquitous presence. It's very similar to the paradigm shift telephony underwent in the previous decade; before, you called people at fixed locations, whereas now you can call them anywhere.