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I don't disagree that the sales numbers for desktops are tanking. I just think they have a core use that is not going to move away along with the rest of the fl

I don't disagree that the sales numbers for desktops are tanking. I just think they have a core use that is not going to move away along with the rest of the flock. I'm not sure about using tablets with keyboard/mouse/big-screen. I haven't seen too much of it happening, and I'm not sure its really an attractive thing to do anyway for a lot of reasons from the office-practical (lots of plugging things in, harder to coordinate everyone, possibility of losing things, etc.) to the purely pragmatic performance-based (can a tablet do all the graphics processing for a big screen? What if you are using a big file - can your tablet handle it?) Disk space is a huge draw to PCs too. Very few people I know are happy to entrust their life's photo collection to an online storage-as-a-service provider. And I'm yet to see a good 'media center' (though I think they'll come along at some point).

vidarh 14y ago
> lots of plugging things in One cable with MHL (power, display) and bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Some devices, such as the Galaxy S III, uses MHL adapters that also provides a USB port so you can hook up your USB keyboard and mouse to the MHL adapter and have just one cable to attach even if you want a wired keyboard and mouse. > harder to coordinate everyone, possibility of losing things How is that any different from today with offices full of laptops? > can a tablet do all the graphics processing for a big screen? Yes. My <$130 Allwinner A10 based laptop gives decent performance at full HD (1080p) resolutions today, and it is by no means a high end tablet. Sure, you are not going to get the same performance today on a tablet that cheap as on current high end laptops or desktops, but it is "good enough" for many uses, and this tablet lagged substantially behind the top of the crop tablets already on release. > What if you are using a big file - can your tablet handle it? Big by what standard? What it can't handle today, the next generation will handle soon enough. It is not that these tablets and phones will magically be capable enough now, but they are catching up to the type of laptop and desktop performance the vast majority of users are willing to pay for at a rapid rate. > Disk space is a huge draw to PCs too. Very few people I know are happy to entrust their life's photo collection to an online storage-as-a-service provider. My <$130 tablet today has 48GB of storage (16GB built in, 32GB sdcard), and can attach whatever size USB storage I want (including easily 128GB USB sticks), or connect to a NAS. Give it a generation or three and you'll be able to put hundreds of GB in these devices. So again: Maybe some users won't be able to put everything they have on it today, but give it some time - storage on these devices will keep increasingly fairly rapidly as and when usage patterns expand. >And I'm yet to see a good 'media center' (though I think they'll come along at some point). XMBC runs on Android: http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/ http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/

vidarh 14y ago

> lots of plugging things in One cable with MHL (power, display) and bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Some devices, such as the Galaxy S III, uses MHL adapters that also provides a USB port so you can hook up your USB keyboard and mouse to the MHL adapter and have just one cable to attach even if you want a wired keyboard and mouse. > harder to coordinate everyone, possibility of losing things How is that any different from today with offices full of laptops? > can a tablet do all the graphics processing for a big screen? Yes. My <$130 Allwinner A10 based laptop gives decent performance at full HD (1080p) resolutions today, and it is by no means a high end tablet. Sure, you are not going to get the same performance today on a tablet that cheap as on current high end laptops or desktops, but it is "good enough" for many uses, and this tablet lagged substantially behind the top of the crop tablets already on release. > What if you are using a big file - can your tablet handle it? Big by what standard? What it can't handle today, the next generation will handle soon enough. It is not that these tablets and phones will magically be capable enough now, but they are catching up to the type of laptop and desktop performance the vast majority of users are willing to pay for at a rapid rate. > Disk space is a huge draw to PCs too. Very few people I know are happy to entrust their life's photo collection to an online storage-as-a-service provider. My <$130 tablet today has 48GB of storage (16GB built in, 32GB sdcard), and can attach whatever size USB storage I want (including easily 128GB USB sticks), or connect to a NAS. Give it a generation or three and you'll be able to put hundreds of GB in these devices. So again: Maybe some users won't be able to put everything they have on it today, but give it some time - storage on these devices will keep increasingly fairly rapidly as and when usage patterns expand. >And I'm yet to see a good 'media center' (though I think they'll come along at some point). XMBC runs on Android: http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/ http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/