Google: Desktop PCs to be "irrelevant" in 3 years

[Karen]

You cannot believe everything you read on the Internet - especially about the Internet. Opinion and speculation are just that. If we believed everything we saw in print or on the Internet, the world would have exploded years ago, or we'd all have flying cars by now, or faster-than-light travel would be commonplace by now, or the whole Internet would have crashed when the year rolled over to 2,000. No sense getting all worked up about it, in my opinion.

[wombat2u2004]

I'll just sit here with my ol dawg, and watch what happens.

[Lady's Human]

No PC will ever need more than 640K of RAM.

[kokopup]

I do not see the Iphone or Ipads replacing the desktop. I do see the Iphone with all of it's apps becoming a universal remote for preforming all of the task that devices like remotes and laptop computers do now. I see the form of the desktop changing and being integrated into your TV or other TV box that allows you to do all normal computer functions in addition to being an entertainment hub for you whole house. I have my Home Theater computer ,running Windows 7, serving as my desk top and my entertainment server. I can sit in my easy chair and surf the web, listen to music streamed from Napster, watch a HD movie streamed from many sources, or any task normally done by my desktop. I can view these functions on my 100" screen or a smaller monitor that I have in my foot ottoman. All of our future internet will revolve around our TV entertainment server.

[king2005]

Thats a load of bull!! You can't play World of Warcrack on a stupid phone & why would I give up my 50" HD LCD screen for a 2" screen touch screen?

I can see it now! all WoW players have a mouse & keyboard plugged into their phones while playing WoW on a 2" screen. Only getting about 1min of play time until the battery runs out. OH BOY!!

idiots lol

[smokey the elder]

Howintheheck can you even work on those tiny keyboards? This sentence would have taken about 5 minutes to type on my BlackBerry; here it took only one.

[happylabs]

I don't forsee me giving up my laptop either. My vision is not that great and getting worse as the years go on. I use a Tracphone for emergencies only. Although I think it would be fun to have a Blackberry or something similar, I cannot justify the price and monthly bills.

[RICHARD]

or we'd all have flying cars by now, or faster-than-light travel would be commonplace by now

We do have flying cars that travel faster than light.

Toyotas with stuck accelerators?

I'll just sit here with my ol dawg, and watch what happens.

LOL,

The "old dawg" used to grab my newspaper and shred it like a cat on toilet paper.

[CountryWolf07]

Pssh.. technology. We will see what happens, that's all we can do. And I don't think I could EVER trade in my laptop or computer for a smart phone? NOW how would I be able to work on my photography and illustration/design projects? Hm..