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Flight of the Desktops

Posted by timothy on from the look-out-below dept.

theodp writes "Slate's Farhad Manjoo has seen the future of computing, and it's looking mighty bleak for desktop computers. In the last decade, portable computers have erased many of the advantages that desktops once claimed while desktops have been unable to shake their one glaring deficiency — they're chained to your desk. Last year, sales of laptops eclipsed sales of desktops for the first time, and it's been projected that by 2015 desktops will constitute just 18% of the consumer PC market."

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  1. In other news by martin-boundary · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's looking mighty bleak for cubicles too. Unlike mobile pieces of paper which can be written on pressed against the wall while standing in the hallway, a cubicle just takes up room and chains people to one place where their managers can easily sneak up on them.

    Projections indicate that by 2015, just 18% of white collar workers will have cubicles while the others will lurch aimlessly about the building, filling TPS forms while sitting on the floor of the lobby using each others' backs for support.

  2. Re:Uh huh. by Ginger+Unicorn · · Score: 4, Funny

    The desktop will die one year before the year of linux on the desktop.

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    (1.21 gigawatts) / (88 miles per hour) = 30 757 874 newtons
  3. Re:Does it have a monitor and full-size keyboard? by bazorg · · Score: 4, Funny

    My laptop is 7.5 pounds and it's got a 17" widescreen and a full keyboard + number pad. I've brought it to work with me most every day for the past 3 years and have never suffered a hernia or exhaustion or even noticed it.

    Shaquille O'Neal and 4 others like this.