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Solve : How much longer will desktop computers be around?? |
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Answer» I've been studying for the A+ Certification for a while now and spend a lot of time on small computer projects, trying to learn everything I can, in a nut shell. The question keeps crossing my mind, "How much of this is worth it"? It seems like what your focus is should depend on where you are in computers (i.e. career or hobby) If you are employed then, most likely, your company will keep you up to date on what you should be focused on, and provide timely training. If you are a hobbiest then simply be careful what you purchase and/or begin to study.....in other words........do your homework first If it comes down to deciding between a desktop and a laptop, it depends on the person. An average person would pick the laptop (if the desktop is the same price), because he/she can bring it around the house, but someone who prefers computer speed and total memory would probably want a desktop (and XP).Desktops have benefits over laptops and visa versa, as you imply.......However, when laptop capability exceeds that of desktops, perhaps that is when we'll see desktops begin to fade away. Face it, why own a computer that is stationary, when you can be mobile?the japanese have invented a PC built into a table with no visable parts and works by touch , it was great to see it working , so if they keep going they will be making them for the market in a few years Quote from: hot dog on April 10, 2009, 04:32:29 PM However, when laptop capability exceeds that of desktops, perhaps that is when we'll see desktops begin to fade away. Face it, why own a computer that is stationary, when you can be mobile? I don't see laptop capability ever exceeding that of desktops because with a laptop you are restricted by size and that puts a major limit on what you can do with them compared to a desktop that you can make as big as you want and LOAD up with far more stuff then you could fit in a laptop frame. Quote It seems like it could take years for someone to attain an intimate knowledge of desktop computers, A person who says that is focussed too much on surface issues such as hardware implementations and not enough on deeper principles. It's a bit like saying that studying telecommunications in the 1950s was a waste of time because vacuum tubes got replaced by transistors. The TVs and radios changed, but electricity and radio waves didn't, and the tasks the equipment perfomed didn't change in nature. If you were bogged down at the level of this-wire-goes-here and that-wire-goes-there then I daresay things got a bit hectic as the technology changed... Anyway, desktops and laptops, palmtops, netbooks, etc, all use the same "technology". It's just shrunk a bit for the smaller devices. Quote Face it, why own a computer that is stationary, when you can be mobile? Because when you're at home you don't need to be mobile? A laptop and a desktop are designed for different patterns of use. Because you don't like dicking around with a stupid little keyboard and a cockamamie TOUCHPAD and a nasty little hinged screen and a battery that runs down, all in a package that you have to lug around and worry about getting stolen or damaged? That costs a *censored* of a lot more than a desktop with the same features? Technology will always advance the computer. Years ago a building was a computer houseing. Faster and faster they will go. Smaller and smaller, and the single most dominating factor of a LAP top will be the battery life to sustain the ever increasing demand of power to run these super fast machines. |
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