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I don't really understand why people are writing off the desktop in general. For engineering and design and lab software nobody wants tablets. I guess this is a
by gaze 10y ago
I don't really understand why people are writing off the desktop in general. For engineering and design and lab software nobody wants tablets. I guess this is all niche but it's a big niche.
Do I really want my next finite element analysis package or pattern design software or whatever running on a tablet? Maybe if the tablet is the size of my table or at least as big as all my monitors put together. This category of software is in general a bit crappy since professionals in these fields tend to just accept the flaws of the software and work around them and they just become part of the practice of the field if the software is sufficiently popular.
- Spooky23 10y agoI work in a large enterprise. Total workforce of 150,000 computer users. 7% smartphone/tablet penetration rate. Some PCs are going to be displaced by server based solutions like VDI, but there has literally been almost no substantial displacement of PC apps. It's a decade away at least IMO. The "death" of the PC is exaggerated. I think it's become a boring, stable market. If anything, the browser computer (i.e. Chrome book)will replace more PCs than the "mobile" OS platforms. And Chrome is closer to a desktop than an iPad.
- eb0la 10y agoI agree with that. The Pc is not the default choice when you want technology, but you need one to produce content quickly/with good productivity. The problem with PCs is replacement times have increased and margins went down.
- khedoros 10y agoI took the other option to be web-based services. There are a lot of developers putting forward the narrative that almost everything that could be done as a traditional on-device application would be at least as well suited to being built as a web app, often basically skipping right over mobile.