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Sure, buy that huge desktop computer, and 27" monitor, mouse, ergonomic keyboard, swivel chair.... to watch youtube videos and use Facebook. Nope. The desktop

• billpatrianakos 15y ago
  I still disagree. The home desktop will sharply decline and I agree that the way people use computers these days don't warrant the full desktop experience but we're overlooking a few things that mobile devices including tablets won't be able to replace for quite some time because of UI restrictions alone. People will still need to do word processing at home. Yes, tablets do an awesome job, you can get wireless keyboards etc. but there will still be users who feel more comfortable with the desktop. That's an edge case so I'll go on. Movie editing. I don't think the iPad can replace iMovie and won't for some time. I'm sure they can come close but then people still want to burn to DVD. Same with photo editing. And there's a lot more I think we're overlooking. There's no doubt that desktops are on the decline but their not going the way of the mainframe. They'll find their place and that place won't be as prominent as it is but I really doubt it'll be obsolete for home users at least not in the next 5 years.