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If Google have added, as is rumoured, a desktop mode like Samsung DEX to the upcoming Pixel 8, I will be purchasing one immediately, if not it will be a Samsung

by rcarr 3y ago

If Google have added, as is rumoured, a desktop mode like Samsung DEX to the upcoming Pixel 8, I will be purchasing one immediately, if not it will be a Samsung Galaxy S22. I'll probably still get an iPhone but if I end up taking to Android then the iPhone may well end up getting ditched in a few years. I'm also going to be selling my Macbook Pro soon and relying solely on the Android phone in combination with some AR glasses and a QuadLock swappable battery pack for extra juice. I'm moving over to Codespaces for all dev work, GeForce Now for gaming, and if I ever want to do anything like video editing or AI work in the future I'll just spin up a suitable cloud instance for it. I realise I'm currently in the minority with this hardware setup, but I think more and more people are going to start doing the same, particularly as 5G internet, satellite and high speed fibre continues to roll out in more places and companies perfect their cloud apps. It seems like Apple is sleeping on this and I genuinely think it might end up contributing heavily to their downfall. They've bet it all on hardware and services and if hardware sales decline, which is looking likely through China's recent moves, I don't think the current services offering is going to cover the shortfall. Microsoft is looking very strong atm and has made some very savvy investments. They've already got the gaming market, which is now a bigger industry than music and film combined. Between VSCode and Github they're starting to corner the dev market. I've been exploring Azure the past week and I'm quite impressed with it, seems much easier to learn than AWS. They've had the business market cornered for years. And to top it all off they've got a huge stake in the biggest AI company. I really think we might see Microsoft becoming dominant again within the next ten years.

ksec 3y ago
>If Google have added, as is rumoured, a desktop mode like Samsung DEX to the upcoming Pixel 8, I will be purchasing one immediately, Wow. Thanks. I dont read Android news but if that is true I will definitely be getting one.
- ako 3y ago
  That’s what I have my iPad for: attach it to an external monitor, add keyboard and mouse and you have something that works really well for 90% of the use cases. It’s not well suited for programming, unless you’re the type of developer that does everything remotely through ssh and vim.
  - ksec 3y ago
    Unfortunately I cant use any Tablet and only a Phone is allowed.
appplication 3y ago
Chromebooks had basically the same appeal, just different workloads. It’s nice for some, but a large percent of folks will prefer to work locally. I think you’re right more folks will move this way in the future, but I don’t think it overlaps significantly with Apple’s market share. I also am not convinced Apple is sleeping on this - they have been investing more into removing seams in integration between devices (iPhone as MacBook camera, watch as phone, tablet as monitor, MacBook as compute/desktop for vision pro). I think their vision of the cloud is a tangible, product-driven one, and despite how effectively you could move compute to the cloud, people still love buying shiny devices, and Apple has that down to an art. I also would not doubt Apple has something interesting for cloud-like integration up their sleeve in the next few years. As with anything, they won’t be first to market, but they’ll probably be the instant premium default when they do enter. For those watching closely, Apple has been pushing more focus on gaming in their devices (Apple Arcade, BG3 expos in WWDC/product launch keynotes, Hideo Kohima partnership for Silicon native ports, Unity partnership, etc). I think they are testing the waters here, but I would not be surprised if they open the floodgates some day soon. Historical gaming on Macs hasn’t been great, but Windows certainly is not entrenched here. The latest M processors are more than capable enough to run most modern games at fairly impressive settings, and this will only improve as more devs target builds for the platform.

by rcarr 3y ago

ksec 3y ago

>If Google have added, as is rumoured, a desktop mode like Samsung DEX to the upcoming Pixel 8, I will be purchasing one immediately, Wow. Thanks. I dont read Android news but if that is true I will definitely be getting one.

ako 3y ago
That’s what I have my iPad for: attach it to an external monitor, add keyboard and mouse and you have something that works really well for 90% of the use cases. It’s not well suited for programming, unless you’re the type of developer that does everything remotely through ssh and vim.
- ksec 3y ago
  Unfortunately I cant use any Tablet and only a Phone is allowed.

appplication 3y ago

Chromebooks had basically the same appeal, just different workloads. It’s nice for some, but a large percent of folks will prefer to work locally. I think you’re right more folks will move this way in the future, but I don’t think it overlaps significantly with Apple’s market share. I also am not convinced Apple is sleeping on this - they have been investing more into removing seams in integration between devices (iPhone as MacBook camera, watch as phone, tablet as monitor, MacBook as compute/desktop for vision pro). I think their vision of the cloud is a tangible, product-driven one, and despite how effectively you could move compute to the cloud, people still love buying shiny devices, and Apple has that down to an art. I also would not doubt Apple has something interesting for cloud-like integration up their sleeve in the next few years. As with anything, they won’t be first to market, but they’ll probably be the instant premium default when they do enter. For those watching closely, Apple has been pushing more focus on gaming in their devices (Apple Arcade, BG3 expos in WWDC/product launch keynotes, Hideo Kohima partnership for Silicon native ports, Unity partnership, etc). I think they are testing the waters here, but I would not be surprised if they open the floodgates some day soon. Historical gaming on Macs hasn’t been great, but Windows certainly is not entrenched here. The latest M processors are more than capable enough to run most modern games at fairly impressive settings, and this will only improve as more devs target builds for the platform.