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I think there would definitely be a market for something like that (I want this USB stick for instance), but I don't think operating systems as a whole are goin

I think there would definitely be a market for something like that (I want this USB stick for instance), but I don't think operating systems as a whole are going in that way. Even with the rise of the Cloud, there are a lot of things that for various reasons are best handled by at least a fat client if not a full-blown PC with its own OS and processing power.

marquis 15y ago
Sure, right now. But I've stopped lugging my laptop around when visiting friends or offices, because on the browser I have gmail, text editors, gdocs, ssh terminals .. almost everything I do outside of media editing I can do anywhere as long as I have my access credentials with me (thanks dropbox) and the internet. I think there'll be a place for a long time for dedicated professional machines - just like there's a place for dedicated servers but many services run great on a VPS. While we'll carry laptops/netbooks with us for some time to come I won't be surprised the day my kids come home with something that doesn't require ownership of their very own hardware, just some kind of authorization module. I'm sure many of us have been in the position before when an emergency comes up and you ssh in remotely. All I really need to work is a smartphone, screen and input device and I'm comfortably working anywhere.