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Desktops are (becoming more) irrelavant
Case in point: About two years ago all we had at home were desktops. I put in wireless and bought my wife a laptop with wireless built in. Once she began using the new laptop, she would occasionally go to her old desktop to find something, but never returned to use it again. Once she had the freedom to compute where ever she wanted, like in the kitchen or living room, she no longer wanted to use the desktop.

I believe this is where computing is now for anyone having the option. Where I work, we all have laptops. When at our desk, we use a monitor and keyboard with them, but there are no more desktop computers. I believe Dana is right. Eventually, what would be the difference between plugging the monitor and keyboard into a phone device? If the applications that we need to do our jobs can run on it, who cares whether it's Windows, Linux, or something else.

I think those of you here pointing fingers at others because you are married to a platform makes you the dinosaurs of the future. Computing in my view has already moved past the platform, just not very far yet. And I don't think it's going to take 10 years before the desktop is irrelevant -- it's already irrelevant.
Posted by: alsoran   Posted on: 06/22/09  (Edited: 06/22/2009 @ 12:46) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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a few points  s_souche | 06/19/09
"Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation insists they don?t."  SwashbucklingCowboy | 06/19/09
Zemlin should tell Ubuntu to quit then  LBiege | 06/19/09
North America is dead.  fr0thy2 | 06/20/09
It certainly does matter  Michael Kelly | 06/19/09
The desktop/laptop will be around longer than that.  T1Oracle | 06/19/09
Agreed  CobraA1 | 06/20/09
they matter a lot  coffeeshark | 06/19/09
100%  epcraig | 06/19/09
Desktops matter a lot to me, but...  djchandler | 06/19/09
Like linux know what matters  Stan57 | 06/19/09
Total Failure?  step69 | 06/19/09
But why is that?  Tiggster | 06/19/09
RE:WHY IS THAT?  step69 | 06/19/09
if the tie-in were reversed 30 years ago then the consumer would only know  Stan57 | 06/20/09
Desktop doesn't matter  kcredden2 | 06/19/09
Ofc they don`t, MS doesn`t matter. Please tell me the Linux equivalents  NeoGeneration | 06/19/09
I agree but  davidhite | 06/23/09
Laptop - Average consumer Desktop/worstation - Power user  NeoGeneration | 06/19/09
Silent Computers  ponter | 07/06/09
I won't be happy until...  tonyhunterajh | 06/19/09
RE: How much do desktops matter?  nothingness | 06/19/09
RE: How much do desktops matter?  Boxarox | 06/19/09
Hello Boxarox  elderlybloke | 07/01/09
You have to look around the normal office  Ashtonian | 06/19/09
RE: How much do desktops matter?  AdeOghert | 06/20/09
Does the Internet really make everything better?  CobraA1 | 06/20/09
Aspects of computing  Golodh2 | 06/21/09
Desktops are (becoming more) irrelavant  alsoran | 06/22/09
RE: How much do desktops matter?  fletchoid | 06/22/09
RE: How much do desktops matter?  Atari800 | 06/24/09
Re: trusting web based computing  fletchoid | 06/26/09
but without linux you couldn't ***** on the internet  shaunehunter | 06/24/09

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