The economics and the
ecology of the personal computing domain have such drastic changes that the
companies who were integrating the hardware looking at the future were totally
thrown off the tracks. Have we really
settled for a device after we junked the desktop?
Laptop
The laptop survives only
on the corporate user’s workspace mainly because of the inability to move out
of legacy applications and to login to their cloud.
Netbook
The net book, it seemed
such a wonderful device when it was
conceived, but it looks so irrelevant today.
Tablet
Very popular but the
corporate user just pushes a tablet into their laptop bag along with the
laptop.
PC on a Stick – New Kid on the Block
The new kid is the Stick
PC. Yes it’s a PC packed into a stick the size of a pack of chewing gum. Just
insert it in to the HDMI port of your TV or Monitor and voila…you have a PC in
your hands.
Cool, but where are the
keyboard and the mouse? Oh they can be connected over Bluetooth.
Are you looking for disk
space? Well there can be up to 32 GB of flash memory, and if you think you need
more there is a slot for the micro SD card. Of course you have WI-Fi and USB
ports too, to connect to the net.
What more do you need?
Operating System? Sure! No worries.
The Intel Compute Stick Windows 8 comes pre-installed with Windows 8.1
at the cost of $149 with a 2GB RAM
and 32 GB storage.
The Intel Linux Compute Stick comes with lesser storage at an
affordable price.
We are soon going to see
people carrying their Personal Computers on their car keys. Super and oh so
convenient!
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