The PC will simply become cloud based...not at all post anything...the chromebook (idea) is the future of desktop/laptop computing.
The PC will simply become cloud based...not at all post anything...the chromebook (idea) is the future of desktop/laptop computing.
We'll still always still a decent amount of local storage, as lots of people would not trust lots of data to the cloud. I know I wouldn't.
Yup. I believe the cloud is going to be leveraged more heavily in the near future, but we're always going to have an HDD to fall back on.
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I just don't see the cloud replacing local storage completely until both the ISPs and services can guarantee 99.9% uptime with smooth, fast, and consistent connections throughout the day from anywhere in the country/world.
which probably won't be happening anytime soon.
just wait for data plants, 29.99GB a month for your home connection!
Yeah, I can't wait. Woo.
Freaking stupid...internet people. God, I hate them so much.
Yeah, I'm bitter right now.
The PC will simply become cloud based...not at all post anything...the chromebook (idea) is the future of desktop/laptop computing.
Comparing Samsung "smartphones" with iPhones is comparing Apples and oranges.
Sammy's average sales price was $220 or so over the last year. That alone should tell you that most of what they make does not compete with Apple, rather it's in the low end of the market.
The SGS3 got absolutely thrashed by the iPhone 5. In Q4 the iPhone 5 sold the most, the 4S the second most, and the SGS3 the third! Behind the one year old iPhone 4S!
http://beta.fool.com/jaans/2013/02/...ng/25061/?ticker=AAPL&source=eogyholnk0000001
Nothing against Samsungs vast numbers of low cost Android devices - it's fine. Just don't compare it with the iPhone.
There is a reason apps that are on both Google Play and the iOS app store consistently see a 90/10 sales split between Apple and Android. Apple has a platform that people use. Android has a ******** of devices, some of which are used as real smart phones - like the SGS3 - and others used as a big screen dumbphone with Facebook.
Nothing wrong with that either all I am saying is that comparing iPhones and "all android phones" doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
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Really? What do I do with 32GB of storage?
I have a 10Mbit connection, that's 1MB/s. *if* there's no outage. My SSD does about 500MB/s.
The future of computing is slow, unreliable data access? I have my doubts about that.
I still hate the idea of "post PC". None of these portable devices replaces a laptop or a desktop computer. Its simply Post PC because Apple said so, and people like to do what they are told.
Yup. I believe the cloud is going to be leveraged more heavily in the near future, but we're always going to have an HDD to fall back on.
I just don't see the cloud replacing local storage completely until both the ISPs and services can guarantee 99.9% uptime with smooth, fast, and consistent connections throughout the day from anywhere in the country/world.
...which probably won't be happening anytime soon.
So tell me... what DOESN'T a tablet do that a laptop does? I'm sure you have a longer list?
So tell me... what DOESN'T a tablet do that a laptop does?
The PC will never be replaced. Maybe for people who've never worked in an office before or held a white collar job. Get out of the tech bubble. Reality is speaking.
Seriously, if MSFT suddenly vanished today, the whole western world would be shut down. No Joke. Almost every industry relies on Microsoft PCs, with the exception of your "creative arts" industry.
The PC will never be replaced.
* A computer is only worth what it DOES. The list of ports and specs is useless in and of itself. An iPad is FAR more expandable than a PC, in actual practice, in terms of what it DOES. Because of app availability. Most people I know with PCs don't add software much, and so their PC doesn't perform new tasks. People with iPads (see my story above) are constantly adding new apps to do new things: it's easy and SECURE to do so. So their iPad is more expandable than their PC ever was
So, sure, the PC will never be replaced. Intel will still sell chips to box makers. But for most purposes, over the next few years, most people will buy a lot more connected smart devices, such as iPhones and iPads, instead of PCs.
But you can show your great-grandkids your ancient PC for laughs. Maybe take them to a museum to show them some punch-card machines as well. They will seem equally as relavent.
Try to render some serious film footage on an iPad or do some serious work. Pads (in general) are fun to play with and to write documents on it (still not as practical when using a pc) but that's it. People who state that Pads are more expandable than a PC are missing the real point; real serious work is not about "apps" but about being able to run some serious software that enables the user to do some serious stuff.When it comes to that apps can't deliver.
Apple is a mishmash of iOS, OS, mix of touchscreen and not, etc. Google thinks everything can be run off the cloud(and very well may end up with that software that is feasible to be run off a cloud). Both companies are busy trying to find the Next Sexy Tech(Watches, Glasses) to sell to seemingly be worried about the core business.