It's odd - the traditional desktop is where it all started - you'd think it would be bristling with innovation as the epicenter of development but instead it languishes while the formats of laptops, AIO and smartphones get more attention - I think I know why.
I digress, I've been in IT-Telecommunications for 30 years and now it has finally gotten to the point where the presence of a desk phone on the desk is almost an oddity - the desk phone has been consumed by it's own technology and blended into the computer infrastructure appearing as one inclusive device which minimizes support, infrastructure and cost.
In the same way - the power of a system today is it's inclusivity - in other words, it's complete within itself - you don't need to add a keyboard or mouse. I think the idea of having to connect a keyboard, monitor and mouse is being presented as "old-school, cobbled, ancient, inefficient and static" - certainly not progressive and state-of-the-art so to speak.
It is old, the look and feel of desktop computing especially when many movies depict computer interfaces with more ave inclelegance and less involvement. It's time for that keyboard to step up and out - the desktop may highlight once again, but only briefly perhaps, once the hologram or projection technologies emerge - only to vanish again when those technologies or power sources mature.
It's time!
Ahhh, the days of CompUSA ... heaven!
