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The desktop is NOT DEAD. All those other devices are primarily for consuming media -- which is great. But I'm still using a desktop with a keyboard if I want

The desktop is NOT DEAD. All those other devices are primarily for consuming media -- which is great. But I'm still using a desktop with a keyboard if I want to do any, y'know, work. I spend ~8-12 hours a day on a desktop and everyone else I know with any kind of office-job does too. And that's a lot of people. Tablets/console-games aren't going to change this any time soon.

rakkhi 16y ago
I'm currently working on a the 3'rd floor of a household brand and as I look around there is not a single desktop, everyone is using a laptop - some with a docking station some without. Everyone has a large 24inch monitor to plug their laptop into. My last company issued an IT direction that we would not buy anymore desktops - only Sunrays for virtual desktops. So as far as the future of desktops in offices, I am not convinced.
- sspencer 16y ago
  Same setup here (a very small shop) - everyone usually just plugs in a 24" monitor to their MBP. Can't remember the last time I used a desktop tower. Notebooks, monitors, and servers are the offices of the future.
  - NickPollard 16y ago
    I'm not so sure, who needs a powerful laptop when you can get a desktop machine much more cheaply and a phone/tablet for mobile?
    - rakkhi 16y ago
      You don't need a powerfull laptop for most offices you need a thin or zero client like a Sunray and virtual desktop. If your staff to need to move again low power tablet and laptops and connect to virtual desktops for that processing power when it is needed.
- stan_rogers 16y ago
  You actually said: >>Why do you really need more than a XBOX / PS3 and a tablet & phone now? A laptop (particularly one of the "desktop replacement" variety) is certainly not in that class. Why would a minor change in form factor force a wholesale change in OS strategy?
- aikinai 16y ago
  I don't think roadnottaken meant towers specifically when he said "desktop." The market data for years has been showing that physical "desktops" are all but dead with laptops taking over, but I believe roadnottaken and the grandparent were debating the future of traditional mouse/keyboard operation systems on desktop/laptop PCs.
- fragmede 16y ago
  Laptops have become capable enough for office needs, but for high-end cad or video work, the high-end desktops they run on are not going away any time soon. Any place where big files get involved, downloading from the cloud still isn't fast enough, never mind uploading.
seltzered 16y ago
I think a tablet with a) a non-glossy outdoor e-ink-like screen b) top-notch software to support note-taking and diagram-creation will complement laptops much better than they do now.

rakkhi 16y ago

I'm currently working on a the 3'rd floor of a household brand and as I look around there is not a single desktop, everyone is using a laptop - some with a docking station some without. Everyone has a large 24inch monitor to plug their laptop into. My last company issued an IT direction that we would not buy anymore desktops - only Sunrays for virtual desktops. So as far as the future of desktops in offices, I am not convinced.

sspencer 16y ago
Same setup here (a very small shop) - everyone usually just plugs in a 24" monitor to their MBP. Can't remember the last time I used a desktop tower. Notebooks, monitors, and servers are the offices of the future.
- NickPollard 16y ago
  I'm not so sure, who needs a powerful laptop when you can get a desktop machine much more cheaply and a phone/tablet for mobile?
  - rakkhi 16y ago
    You don't need a powerfull laptop for most offices you need a thin or zero client like a Sunray and virtual desktop. If your staff to need to move again low power tablet and laptops and connect to virtual desktops for that processing power when it is needed.
stan_rogers 16y ago
You actually said: >>Why do you really need more than a XBOX / PS3 and a tablet & phone now? A laptop (particularly one of the "desktop replacement" variety) is certainly not in that class. Why would a minor change in form factor force a wholesale change in OS strategy?
aikinai 16y ago
I don't think roadnottaken meant towers specifically when he said "desktop." The market data for years has been showing that physical "desktops" are all but dead with laptops taking over, but I believe roadnottaken and the grandparent were debating the future of traditional mouse/keyboard operation systems on desktop/laptop PCs.
fragmede 16y ago
Laptops have become capable enough for office needs, but for high-end cad or video work, the high-end desktops they run on are not going away any time soon. Any place where big files get involved, downloading from the cloud still isn't fast enough, never mind uploading.

seltzered 16y ago

I think a tablet with a) a non-glossy outdoor e-ink-like screen b) top-notch software to support note-taking and diagram-creation will complement laptops much better than they do now.