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In Reply to: RE: I agree with Abe....Computers are hardly 'fading from the scene'....... posted by Sprezza Tura on July 4, 2015 at 18:43:02:
"Tablet sales sales will surpass computers by years end."
"Tablets" are just a computer form-factor. For most of us the necessity of using a desktop is now greatly reduced, but is yet to be eliminated. For the vast majority of things most of us do on computers most of the time, a modern tablet or something similar does the job. Shoot, I'm typing this on my iPad1 whilst sipping beer on the patio. A proper tool for the job fer sure...
But it would not be my first choice for carefully working photos, laying out PCB's, that sort of thing. Not enough application SW, Screen area, or MIPS. Not at this point in time anyway. At any point in time the main tradeoff is between energy and MIPS. As die geometry and capacitance decrease the chip power requirements do also while battery energy density is entering the area of a decent yielding explosive. As the airline industry is noticing...
The punch line is we are already largely to the point where I can choose the device for reasons other than raw performance required for an application. For instance ALL of my computers and portables do email and web browsing well, play music, view photos. Stuff that thirty years ago was rare and costly. Once VR goggles and nerve impulse or finger position sensors become common there will be no need to be tied to a desk. Ever.
Already we're pretty well unchained!
Freedom Forever... Rick
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- RE: I agree with Abe....Computers are hardly 'fading from the scene'....... - rick_m 19:46:50 07/04/15 (4)
- RE: I agree with Abe....Computers are hardly 'fading from the scene'....... - Sprezza Tura 06:35:19 07/05/15 (2)
- RE: I agree with Abe....Computers are hardly 'fading from the scene'....... - rick_m 07:58:25 07/05/15 (1)
- RE: I agree with Abe....Computers are hardly 'fading from the scene'....... - Sprezza Tura 09:08:08 07/05/15 (0)
- RE: I agree with Abe....Computers are hardly 'fading from the scene'....... - Old Listener 22:12:10 07/04/15 (0)
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