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____/ Subway steel on Wednesday 18 June 2008 19:40 : \____
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>>"bluefin" <desertcamel.chen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:e8e94bb0-81df-44a6-9dd4-ed00fb251864@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Take note his last two paragraphs at the end of the article written
>>as:
>>
>>'So on balance, we�re not going to see the end of the desktop
>>computer, but we are going to see portables become more common. ...
>>
>>The desktop computer is going to remain the tool of choice for many
>>knowledge workers because that�s what meets our needs and that�s the
>>whole point of technology; to use the tool that best gets the job
>>done.'
>>
>>So, desktop still stays, but is getting smaller in size, e.g. Asus
>>eeePC, HP MiniNote etc. Like the magnetic tape, it will never be
>>replaced with the most modern archival blu-ray media yet.
>>
>>
>>On Jun 19, 2:09 am, "Subway steel" <f...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I saw several posts debating the "death of the desktop" which reminded me
>>> of
>>> this article that came out yesterday. I think the author hits the nail
>>> right
>>> on the head with this one.
>>>
>>> - ss
>>>
>>> http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Paul-Wallbank/20080616-Death-of-t...
>
>
> My opinion is that a healthy market for both will exist for the foreseeable
> future. There will always be a set of users who either need or want a highly
> portable device. But there will always be a large set of users such as
> office workers who don't need portability and will continue to use desktops.
> There are several benefits of having a desktop over a laptop. The only real
> benefit of a laptop device is portability but not everybody needs or wants
> portability. If portability isn't important to someone then why would they
> give up all of the other benefits of a desktop for a one single feature
> (portability) that they don't need.
If you look at emerging markets (esp. countries where poverty prevails),
there's no much of a desk, as in Ethernet+electricity+room, so things like
batteries, meshes and portable devices are a natural fit.
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