There have been a few articles recently online, and similar forums along the lines of what sort of lifespan the Desktop PC has going forward.
Here is a mostly fluff Yahoo article:
Do You Need a Desktop Computer
My Opinion is that there will always be a place for some sort of computer to be integrated into the household as a fixed location device. This article fails to go deep and understand that there will always be some sort of desk area in a home, that there are many options and uses for a device in a household.
In my home I have a Desktop Tower PC plugged into a 32 inch flat screen TV, along with a wireless mouse and Keyboard. In essence I don't have a Desktop Computer, but instead have Living Room PC.
In the future I could see this becoming a standard option in every living room. While using a laptop in living room is of course possible, plugging it into the TV and using the screen to play movies, and as a display in general say to run power point slides for a group, it is in fact a bulky, cumbersome and expensive to replace keyboard as compared to a wireless key board and mouse combo costing little more than $50.00 and in my clutsy experience, almost impossible to break.
These Smart TV's may become standard, allowing for PC like interaction, but the interaction will be on the manufacture's terms, and like many of the new breed devices on the market they will be consumption devices and not creation devices.
Another possibility could see a Desktop Tower become the network hub for at home devices that consist of sets of wireless keyboards, mice and monitors or even network laptops that don't compute anything but just act as a display for the main House Network PC. Having one very powerful PC being used by four users would likely still have more computing power, and be cheaper than having 4 full fledged laptops.
What futurist thoughts do you have.
Here is a mostly fluff Yahoo article:
Do You Need a Desktop Computer
My Opinion is that there will always be a place for some sort of computer to be integrated into the household as a fixed location device. This article fails to go deep and understand that there will always be some sort of desk area in a home, that there are many options and uses for a device in a household.
In my home I have a Desktop Tower PC plugged into a 32 inch flat screen TV, along with a wireless mouse and Keyboard. In essence I don't have a Desktop Computer, but instead have Living Room PC.
In the future I could see this becoming a standard option in every living room. While using a laptop in living room is of course possible, plugging it into the TV and using the screen to play movies, and as a display in general say to run power point slides for a group, it is in fact a bulky, cumbersome and expensive to replace keyboard as compared to a wireless key board and mouse combo costing little more than $50.00 and in my clutsy experience, almost impossible to break.
These Smart TV's may become standard, allowing for PC like interaction, but the interaction will be on the manufacture's terms, and like many of the new breed devices on the market they will be consumption devices and not creation devices.
Another possibility could see a Desktop Tower become the network hub for at home devices that consist of sets of wireless keyboards, mice and monitors or even network laptops that don't compute anything but just act as a display for the main House Network PC. Having one very powerful PC being used by four users would likely still have more computing power, and be cheaper than having 4 full fledged laptops.
What futurist thoughts do you have.
