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Topic: The era of personal computing is over

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Re: The era of personal computing is over

That was completely excellent. Interesting, well written, entertaining. Great article.

Thanks, sir.

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Re: The era of personal computing is over

tl,dr.

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Re: The era of personal computing is over

It's just that it's a hell of a lot of words to say what I said in a blog post in 2007, or STAR TREK has been saying since 1987.

Really? Practical, small, touchable, easy-to-use computers are the future? And here I was thinking it was virtual reality and Roombas.

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Re: The era of personal computing is over

It's more a meditation on how the iPad as an example actually differs philosophically from what we had, than an open ended "the future will be different" thing.

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Re: The era of personal computing is over

I don't read much in the way of tech blogs or keep up with the current opinion of the latest unreleased Apple product, so this was interesting to me.

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Re: The era of personal computing is over

The PC isnt going anywhere. The modular design of it has yet to be beat for general use. The standard computer may end up being more of an enthusiast product but it will remain around for along time. Anything that wants to test the limits of what a powerful computer can do will have to use this design for awhile.

The ipad and iphone are a newer type of product and may take over the "online experience" for the more casual user. The reality is that neither are very good for doing anything except playing on the internet, jotting short emails and watching simple media. I dont knock people for wanting or liking it. The same way i dont knock someone for driving a hybrid instead of a lamborgini. Both have their merits

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