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By: Christopher Bowen
You know what’s sad, Doug? That laptop you mentioned, that is so far ahead of the IBM PC that it’s practically light speed, is well below spec in 2011. As for the place of the PC, it will have its...
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By: john personna
It’s kind of a mistake to think of “PC” as “Desktop” in the first place. That was just the form factor the thing fit in, to begin with. A modern smart phone is much more “personal computer” if you back...
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By: Ben Wolf
The primary purpose for a desktop PC is performance. A laptop simply doesn’t have the same capability to dissipate heat, so the components are designed to scale down in power output when heat rises to...
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By: john personna
Desktop PCs always offered as much performance as they could at a price the market found acceptable. There were failures. The Corvus Concept and the Apple Lisa came in with too much performance (and...
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By: michael reynolds
I don’t think I’ve used a desk-top in 10 years and I am more or less constantly connected. I tend to do my work on my deck or in the yard or in a coffee shop. I don’t have a desk or an office — all of...
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By: Karl Jackson
I started approx 38 years ago on the Univac 9300 mainframe computer. It took up half a room and cost the university $2 million dollars. Now days that same power & speed sits on everyone desk for...
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By: Ron Beasley
I’m old and I like my desktop although most of it is under my desk. I like the big screen and the fact that it’s got three fans to keep it cool. I also read physical books and don’t own a Kindle. Like...
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By: StarKruzr
What concerns me more than the change in formfactor is the growing erosion of the end-user’s ability to have absolute control over the technology they own. Apple is most famous for this right now, but...
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By: george
You probably don’t need a PC anymore… unless you’re into gaming. Or an engineer. Or do large scale software/firmware development. Or GIS or AutoCAD. A lot of professionals do much of their overtime...
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By: john personna
Related: Well, if you didn’t believe that we live in a post-PC world before, the latest report from IHS iSuppli should help persuade you. According to its research, original equipment manufacturers...
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By: Stormy Dragon
@Ben Wolf: The primary purpose for a desktop PC is performance. A laptop simply doesn’t have the same capability to dissipate heat, so the components are designed to scale down in power output when...
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By: A voice from another precinct
It seems to me that everyone is agreed–that the change in format probably represents a reality in which CONSUMER HOUSEHOLDS never needed desktop PCs in the first place. They wanted the technology, so...
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By: george
If the PC is “dead,” it’s dead because the consumer market is the primary driver for technology purchases. I suspect that in the narrow world of Doug and OTB readers, such may be the case. In the real...
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By: john personna
You are making a semantic argument, george. First that a purpose-built game machine is a “PC,” and then that a purpose-built workstation is a “PC.” Neither is in the old sense a general purpose...
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By: James Joyner
I still prefer a large keyboard and large, dual monitors. Hard to do on a notebook. Like or Dislike: 0 0
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