About these super tablets... "...least a 13” screen, 64 bit processor, 2GB of RAM, 256GB drive, a real keyboard, an actual file system, and an improved operating system with windowing and true multitasking capability..." They've just described a laptop/chromebook, right?
Basically they've only described the Surface.
Why Are PC Sales Up and Tablet Sales Down?
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#44Well, a harder question would be: why is this surprising? (How can a tablet ever replace a PC? How come leading companies thought/think that it could?)
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#45Just a general thought. At some point (for consumers anyway), these paradigms will unite. As such, what will follow is the necessity for window management that can handle different use cases. Right now the only OS really attempting to bridge the gap is Windows 8, which is currently an unfortunate juxtaposition of two battling WM's rather than a seamless unification. Apple isn't really bothering to unify at the moment…
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#46I hope people are starting to wake up to the fact that a tablet is just a smartphone that doesn't fit into your pocket and usually lacks the "phone" functionality.
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#47the reasoning, in my reading of the article, is that the tablet market materialized so quickly that most manufacturers (including apple) didn't have enough time to anticipate future market needs beyond simple consumption devices. now that tablets are "a thing", manufacturers are regrouping to provide the next set of features and functionality that now seem obvious to deliver but are more complex. the timing is also dependent on a number of technologies having advanced enough (processors, displays, batteries, software toolchains, ubiquitous connectivity, etc.).
even in the enterprise, computing devices are moving toward being appliances, which is where tablet technologies fit in (note that mobility is not a key priority for a good chunk of the enterprise). your average salesperson, accountant or analyst has no appetite for managing the device itself, and ios and android (to a lesser extent) are designed to hide away this complexity. 15" tablets with wireless keyboards/mice and robust remote management capabilities will replace (or converge with, if you prefer) most desktops & laptops in the enterprise in time. many outside sales teams are already on tablets since mobility & connectivity trump power for outside sales.
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#48An entire article about the costs of PC management, without addressing enterprise management of tablets & phones.
"Programs like BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) just accentuate the fact that smartphones and tablets are so easy to manage that enterprises are comfortable letting their employees pick the devices themselves."
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http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Lapdock-500-Pro-Smartphones/d... I give you, the recent past! I used one once, the experience was underwhelming. It could have been good (my phone had more than enough power to run a lightweight linux window manager and web browser pretty well, the android software just wasn't very polished) And it's untimely death http://www.cnet.com/news/motorola-confirms-death-of-webtop-l... http://w…
I wonder if it would be better now that mobile GPUs are pushing as many (or more) pixels as desktop screens have. I agree the software is the problem and still probably not there yet, and it's unlikely any company is going to put the development resources into it needed to get it right. The solution is (maybe) to go commodity for everything. Maybe a partition on your phone with ubuntu on it and just boot into a diffe…
The various cloud sync services are also making small steps towards a future where you are using the same software system from a variety of devices (with the system making appropriate accommodations for the devices in use).