[Discuss] Future of Personal Computers

[omegahalo at gmail.com (Chris O'Connell)]

Given that Microsoft is working so hard to ensure Windows 8 runs on tablets
(either ARM or Intel) I have a prediction.  I suspect that the eventual
goal is to have this new type of Windows 8 tablet something that can be
dropped into a dock at home.  The new tablets will eventually be powerful
enough to replace your home desktop.

Such a dockable tablet would be pretty handy.  When you head to work or on
vacation just bring your tablet and it'll have all of your documents,
pictures and software on it.

If (and I know this will never happen) hardware vendors can agree to some
standards for docks maybe a universal solution could be developed.  Such a
universal dock would be great, imagine you check into your hotel and just
throw your tablet into a dock that livens the TV and a wireless
keyboard/mouse as a computer.

I know, pipe-dreaming perhaps.



On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 6:26 AM, <markw at mohawksoft.com> wrote:

> > On Mar 12, 2012, at 10:07 PM, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
> >>
> >> The laptop is dead too, tablets will become the new laptops. Bluetooth
> >> keyboards and mice, plus a master USB port, will make them more usable
> >> than laptops. Android will make them price competitive.
> >
> > I disagree.  Tablets are all about convenience.  They make checking mail
> > or Facebook convenient.  They make watching movies and TV convenient.
> > They make buying games and content convenient.  Just about everything
> > someone does with a tablet instead of something else he does so out of
> > convenience.  Tablets are convenience appliances, plain and simple.
> > Things that aren't convenient, like keyboards and mice and
> > batteries/chargers for same, aren't used by the vast majority of tablet
> > users and never will be.
>
> This is where I disagree. A "tablet" is just a laptop without a keyboard,
> but it is a better paradigm for mobile use. The tablet UI in its current
> form sucks and is only good for being a tablet, but I can imagine a tablet
> the size of my laptop.
>
> Also remember, computer guys like ourselves view work on a computer
> differently than others. With a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, a tablet
> will be just fine for how most people use computers.
>
> Here's a use case:
> Imagine a writer writing a book or article, or even a blog. He doesn't
> care about technology. He uses a blue tooth keyboard and mouse (hell,
> maybe not even a mouse) he types his book just as he would a laptop. He
> researches the web, he uses it for email, skype, etc. All things a tablet
> can mostly do right now. He flies or takes the train, he can hold the
> tablet and edit the copy conveniently without a keyboard.
>
> Gets in the office, props the tablet on a stand, it's his main computer.
>
> Who needs the laptop?
>
> >
> > --Rich P.
> >
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