Apple

[Slamz]

Just to be clear, when most marketing dev teams talk about "post PC" era today they are talking about personnel computers being replaced with things like smart phones, and such. PC's being any desktop / laptop like device, MAC or Windows device.

That should be inevitable if only in the sense that at some point there will be nothing you need to do that requires more power than a handheld can offer.

Not true for gamers who like eye candy. We still enjoy our gigantic, power sucking, 500 degree nVidia cards that can accurately display the effects of lighting and shadows on the nose hairs of avatars from a half mile away but I've never been sure how resilient that market is.

The real crossover for us will be the release of full blown games which, incidentally, run on a tablet. e.g., WOW 2 lets you play on your PC or your tablet and it's the exact same game in both cases, with perhaps the PC version just having some better graphics options. When it gets to that point, gamers will start wondering if it's worth upgrading their desktop or just making the switch to tablet/handheld/docking station.


I don't see Apple doing this, though, because they are bitches. They are too controlling over what you can do with their hardware. I foresee Android stomping them long term because Android based tablets will end up supporting docking stations, USB hardware, Logitech mice and keyboards and all the other goodies while Apple still clings desperately to their own brand.


Basically I'll switch from a desktop to a tablet full time when I can take my desktop, throw it in the dumpster, put a docking station down, plug all my CURRENT stuff into it and go as if nothing had changed. It uses my Logitech headset. It uses my Logitech mouse and standard keyboard and G13 game pad, etc. Apple will never do this. At best it would be my Apple headset, my Apple mouse and my Apple keyboard and 3 games, not counting Photoshop. And no Apple gamepad because Apple doesn't believe in things having more buttons.