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Tuesday, June 7th, 2005, 8:20 am

The Demise of the Desktop

Palm userSeveral sites are running an article on the recent statistical figure: laptops sales surpassed desktop sales in the States.

Will it take another 5-10 years until PDA‘s outsell laptops? Hardware is becoming smaller and cheaper; CPU speed increases rather slowly; RAM matters very little at this point where the O/S just doesn’t require it. So, smaller units might be equally good. To get a convenient workspace, one can attach an external monitor and other peripherals to the PDA while having the choice to just pull the PDA out of the pocket.

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  1. PDA Handheld News Says:

    The Demise of the Desktop
    [Source: schestowitz.com] quoted: Will it take another 5-10 years until PDA’s outsell laptops? Hardware is becoming smaller and cheaper; CPU speed increases rather slowly; RAM matters very little at this point where the O/S just doesn’t req…

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