By 2014, less than 20% of devices connected to the Internet will power

Hi all

There've been ZILLIONS of threads on this topic before.

Suggested rules :

1) DO NOT put any faith whatsoever into GARTNER's predictions --they have about as much credibility as my Grandmothers cat trying to design a complex Engineering solution to solving traffic jams on LA's Freeways. Their predictions average just about the same as random guessing would do.

2) If you need to create a spreadsheet / powerpoint demonstration then tablets / ipods can sink in the nearest river.

3) If you can connect a keyboard and a decent monitor to a device (and it could be a mobile phone) then is it a "PC" or not.

I have no problem with new devices replacing PC's so long as they can deliver what I need -- a small phone with an external keyboard and the ability to plug it into a DECENT say 60 CM screen would be fine.

Cheers
jimbo

Imperfect1 said:

I need a 'real' keyboard, so I've gotta have a computer. No way around that.

I don't remember what it was (not that it matters to make a point) but I used a "dual screen" laptop last weekend. The keyboard opens on the bottom screen (sits like a normal laptop) and it was horrible to type on. You can't rest your fingers on it...so, I agree, I will always need a legitimate keyboard. I love my EVO but would never use it for more than short email responses.


I love how all these claims of cloud computing leave out the fact that most people don't have access to fast internet.

I agree because most people will be using laptops with Windows on them. They seem to think everyone will move to tablets or phones. Sure I use a phone at work but it's secondary and I will always be using a laptop. My laptop is the best all around answer.

Some of this discussion has been around for decades. I think it mainly concerns location or processing and memory elements. Gilder's future "fibresphere" is an example of wide access to "dark fibre".
circa 1995
http://www.duke.edu/~mccann/gild-tel.htm
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~gaj1/fiber.html
The computer BUS is on your doorstep you just need I/O.

This is rich coming from a company that deals with software vitalization and cloud storage. I mean come on, this is like IBM saying desktops have gone the way of typewriters.

People these days.....

seekermeister said:

The purpose of all predictions of this type is for the purpose of creating a public mindset which is conducive to the goals of the predictor. Unless the prediction is based on real hard facts, I usually ignore them. Even if they are fact based, I may anyway, unless it makes sense to me, and I accept it, because facts are only tiny pieces in the big picture.

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THIS!

I only wish we consumers had a way to get OUR opinions delivered to as many people as these kinds of bs'ers.

It just proves that you don't have to be smart or objective to be the CEO of VMWare.

Hype. Trying to drive stock prices.