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You're mistakening Microsoft's residual momentum for current acceleration. The technology sphere is a lot bigger than the desktop now. This year there will be

by pr0zac 13y ago

You're mistakening Microsoft's residual momentum for current acceleration. The technology sphere is a lot bigger than the desktop now. This year there will be almost twice as many Android devices shipped than Windows + iOS/OSX devices combined. The future of technology is going to decrease the importance of the desktop even further, and Google has 90s-Microsoft level market share of every other type of consumer networked device. This is what scares people about Google. http://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/01/07/android-growth-eclipsing-windows.aspx http://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/01/07/android-growth-ecl...

hga 13y ago
I don't entirely buy that argument. The "decreased importance" you cite is only relative; I for one don't see the desktop becoming unimportant any time soon. For one thing, my aging parents need 24 inch or bigger screens to adequately see what they're doing. As a programmer and watcher of digital video I need a minimum of 24 inches of 1080p screen. Then there's the enterprise, where biggish screens are needed for basic IT.
- mkr-hn 13y ago
  You can connect a monitor and keyboard to a tablet. Desktop/Other is a dichotomy that didn't age well. My "desktop replacement" is a laptop from 2009, and I expect to replace it with a docking station and something like the Surface in the next few years.
- pr0zac 13y ago
  I said decreased importance, not unimportant. There will always be a need for PCs in development and enterprise, my comment was simply with regard to consumer use. And I agree there will always be a need for large screen devices, but this doesn't necessarily mean desktops. Smart TVs or set-top boxes like Apple TV or streaming devices like Chromecast or consoles like the Xbox are where the growth is happening in the large format market. The Playstation 3 is the most popular Netflix streaming device. I'm one of the dinosaurs that uses my laptop for everything these new consumer devices provide, but it doesn't mean I ignore that most people are moving away from this use case.
us0r 13y ago
.... and Microsoft makes more off Android then Google does. :)
- nikbackm 13y ago
  I thought they lost that patent dispute recently?

by pr0zac 13y ago

hga 13y ago

I don't entirely buy that argument. The "decreased importance" you cite is only relative; I for one don't see the desktop becoming unimportant any time soon. For one thing, my aging parents need 24 inch or bigger screens to adequately see what they're doing. As a programmer and watcher of digital video I need a minimum of 24 inches of 1080p screen. Then there's the enterprise, where biggish screens are needed for basic IT.

mkr-hn 13y ago
You can connect a monitor and keyboard to a tablet. Desktop/Other is a dichotomy that didn't age well. My "desktop replacement" is a laptop from 2009, and I expect to replace it with a docking station and something like the Surface in the next few years.
pr0zac 13y ago
I said decreased importance, not unimportant. There will always be a need for PCs in development and enterprise, my comment was simply with regard to consumer use. And I agree there will always be a need for large screen devices, but this doesn't necessarily mean desktops. Smart TVs or set-top boxes like Apple TV or streaming devices like Chromecast or consoles like the Xbox are where the growth is happening in the large format market. The Playstation 3 is the most popular Netflix streaming device. I'm one of the dinosaurs that uses my laptop for everything these new consumer devices provide, but it doesn't mean I ignore that most people are moving away from this use case.

us0r 13y ago

.... and Microsoft makes more off Android then Google does. :)

nikbackm 13y ago
I thought they lost that patent dispute recently?