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And the line between "device" and "PC" is blurring more and more, as well as the line between "thin" and "fat" clients. When I'm using an app on my phone, I hav
by freehunter 10y ago
And the line between "device" and "PC" is blurring more and more, as well as the line between "thin" and "fat" clients. When I'm using an app on my phone, I have no idea if any of the workload is being done on my phone or in the cloud. With services like iCloud, I start something on my phone and finish it seamlessly on my Mac, then display it on my iPad without doing a single thing to make this happen. It just happens. When I take a picture on my iPhone, it's on OneDrive within minutes. When I need to write something in Word, I go to word.office.com and it downloads the Word application and runs it in my browser, deleting it as soon as I close the page.
What's really happening is terms like "device" and "PC" or "thin client" vs "fat client" are becoming useless as technology converges more and more, as computers become "fast enough" that we don't need more and more computing power every day. Devices have become powerful enough that they can take their place along side PCs, rather than replacing them.
The TV didn't replace the radio. The computer didn't replace the TV. TVs just got smarter, and radio found its specialty and they enjoy a life side by side with the more advanced technologies.