Whenever I read about modern desktops, I think about the graphs in the Innovator's Dilemma. [1] The incumbent players (Intel, Microsoft, Dell, HP) are all comp

Whenever I read about modern desktops, I think about the graphs in the Innovator's Dilemma. [1] The incumbent players (Intel, Microsoft, Dell, HP) are all competing on the established metrics of performance & price, but those are no longer the metrics that matter. ARM is pushing the power efficiency angle. Apple is winning on industrial design. The entire computer industry (excluding phones, which has obviously already been disrupted) is right on the verge of being flipped on its head. There were hints of that with the netbook wave, but they weren't quite good enough. The iPad and subsequent high end Android tablets are close, but not 100% there. But we are just about at the point where ARM vs x86 is equivalent for the mass market, and that really is going to shake things up. [1] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Disruptivetechnology.gif/450px-Disruptivetechnology.gif http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Dis...