Comments on: More evidence of tablets slowly killing the PC market

By: Joe Davis

Joe Davis — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:08:26 +0000

Makes sense that tablets would sell more than Desktops and Laptops, considering most people already own a laptop and/or a desktop, but not tablets. They will buy a new tablet but hold onto the 1-4 year old laptop/desktop they own already.

This is why smartphone and tablet sales are growing for now.

By: felix

felix — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:24:23 +0000

Just bought a brand new laptop with all the goodies. Here I am back on my tablet because it feels like i get more done. Just saying….

By: Kea

Kea — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:27:09 +0000

with the following years …people will be use to wear big pocket jeans,jacket n everthing else which help them to put their big tablets into them

By: trip1ex

trip1ex — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:59:03 +0000

Tablets are replacing pcs as communication and media consumption devices. Pcs were overkill for this purpose. And much clumsier for those uses.

An iPad isn’t going to be the computer to use anytime soon for professional Photoshop or AutoCad or video editing etc as those tasks will benefit from all the processing power they can get for the foreseeable future.

But at the same time as the iPad gains processing power it will gain the ability to do more tasks a pc was needed for. Even then some of those tasks will seriously benefit from a larger screen, better text input and a precision input device.

By: Shawn Behnam

Shawn Behnam — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:23:35 +0000

What happens when the table becomes the “truck”? I can see tablets becoming a workhorse when connected to a workstation. Imagine Connecting to airplay to your monitor or television and using auxiliary perephrials for input.

By: tnaseem

tnaseem — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:59:18 +0000

I always find that articles like this always miss an important point.

They’re only from the point of view of the ‘consumers’ – People who use the apps for their daily lives, and not from the people that actually BUILD the software that you use.

The app developers, game developers, content creators require horsepower and a decent setup to create all this. Something that can’t be done on a 10″ (or 7″!) screen.

For this you need these ‘dinosaur’ PC set ups (in their various flavours), so that people like me can give you all this goodness! :)

Dinosaurs indeed. Harumph!

By: tnaseem

tnaseem — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:58:27 +0000

You *could* render the graphics in the cloud, but you still need a decent set up with horsepower and screen real estate to actually BUILD the scenes to render.

Same goes for the development side. These things just can’t be done without having a good PC setup to develop on.

Take it from a content creator, who works in this field :)

By: Lestra

Lestra — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:21:59 +0000

There are not many computing tasks that can’t in theory be done with a tablet or other thin client device.

Content creators could easily render their graphics in the cloud. Even 3D animations could be rendered in the cloud (and that’s probably the most computer intensive task imaginable).

Video editing might be the last remaining task for a traditional PC or Mac. But it’s possible for that to go to the cloud as well, though that would also require a network based on fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). Some nations are already installing FTTH countrywide. It’s coming. Then you can easily move broadcast quality video around.

Most corporate office buildings are full of PCs that are being used for mundane tasks like word processing or simple number crunching. All that will move to the cloud. Most offices will rid themselves of PCs as cloud applications mature.

By: Milan Dinić

Milan Dinić — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:29:42 +0000

What does count for number of desktops? Are those only brand name ones?

For example, in my country only large businesses are possible buyers of brand name desktops, huge majority are desktops that are assembled in local store from parts that are bought separately, and I believe this is the case everywhere outside western developed countries.

So if those numbers aren’t taken into account, desktop market is probably much bigger.

By: Tom The Nerf Herder

Tom The Nerf Herder — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:59:14 +0000

I like that comparison.
Desktops are the GMC Sierra.
Laptops are the Mazda Miadas
Tablets are the Harleys and Kawasakis.
Smartphones are the Vespas.