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| Thread ID: 128755 | 2013-01-13 06:40:00 | Long live the desktop! | ChazTheGeek (16619) | PC World Chat |
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| 1322581 | 2013-01-13 06:40:00 | Here: askbobrankin.com/five_reasons_desktop_pcs_wont_die.html?pcp What do you peoples think? |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1322582 | 2013-01-13 06:52:00 | The desktop won't die, they're simply too far ahead of everything else when it comes to raw power. Laptops, maybe, but they can't be upgraded incrementially like a desktop can. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1322583 | 2013-01-13 09:53:00 | Hmmm. news.softpedia.com If true will limit upgrade-ability somewhat. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1322584 | 2013-01-13 09:58:00 | There is still a place for desktops. Smaller hand held devices have the advantage of mobility but lack the advantage of peripherals such as a decent size keyboard, screen and memory perhaps. | Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1322585 | 2013-01-13 10:40:00 | The desktop won't die, they're simply too far ahead of everything else when it comes to raw power. Laptops, maybe, but they can't be upgraded incrementially like a desktop can. But that's the point, isn't it? How many of us REALLY need all that power? But the "personal desktop" at everyone's home is on the way out, Granny don't need it to check her grandkids on facebook no more. Updatability, how many of your typical home users go and get a new CPU?? Oh wait, the sockets have changed, so lets get a new motherboard. DDR3 now, so new ram. So all you have left is hard drives and your case... (I am looking at 4-5 years now, not everyone is a gamer/enthusiast who upgrades every 6 months) Reality is most people don't care. Look at how people are chewing through cellphones and laptops, new one every two years. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1322586 | 2013-01-13 10:43:00 | But that's the point, isn't it?How many of us REALLY need all that power?But the "personal desktop" at everyone's home is on the way out, Granny don't need it to check her grandkids on facebook no more.Updatability, how many of your typical home users go and get a new CPU?? Oh wait, the sockets have changed, so lets get a new motherboard. DDR3 now, so new ram. So all you have left is hard drives and your case...(I am looking at 4-5 years now, not everyone is a gamer/enthusiast who upgrades every 6 months)Reality is most people don't care. Look at how people are chewing through cellphones and laptops, new one every two years. I think the point here is that the desktop won't die because there are people out there (gamers, video editors) who do need all that power ;) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1322587 | 2013-01-13 11:31:00 | I think the point here is that the desktop won't die because there are people out there (gamers, video editors) who do need all that power ;) Video editors use Mac :p And Microsoft and Sony and Valve are all trying to steal you away from the desktop for gaming :) And is a niche market not essentially death? |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1322588 | 2013-01-13 11:32:00 | The PC as an 'open' platform is being actively undermined, in favour of much more locked down (and profitable) environments - complete with app store and control of content. The 'grunt' is being moved to "the cloud" and access to the server-side applications and processing power is increasingly via thinner and thinner client devices. Secure-boot is a step on the path to the demise of PC's as we know them, and an erosion of the freedom to have control of your own access to information. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1322589 | 2013-01-13 18:11:00 | I've got my desk top and I'm keeping it. I don't want any of my data in the cloud But yes I agree with the comments above on updating - every time I have upgraded I have had to buy a new mbo, cpu and ram. And I need a bigger hard drive every few years for my "data" But yes, for many people a laptop or a tablet will do. But I am a power user! Remember that joke years ago that a "power user" was a person who had more than 24 fonts on their pc. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1322590 | 2013-01-13 19:24:00 | I have a desktop in my home which has the storage capacity to keep all my files and data within the box so to speak. Like Digby I will keep my desktop. There is a need though to keep backed up data away from the desktop so that it can be retrieved in case of disaster and my computer is destroyed. I do have misgivings about keeping my data on the cloud. I do have a laptop which I can take away with me when I travel but my desktop is still my base unit. I may in time replace the laptop with a smaller gadget. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
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