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PC Designer Says PC "Going the Way of the Vacuum Tube"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pack-it-on-the-zeppelin dept.

jbrodkin writes "One of the original engineers of IBM's first PC says PCs are 'going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs.' With the 30th anniversary of the IBM 5150 (running MS-DOS) coming this week, IBM CTO Mark Dean argues that the post-PC world is very much upon us, perhaps not surprising given that IBM sold its PC business in 2005. Microsoft, of course, weighed in as well, saying the PC era is nowhere near over. But perhaps in the future we will consider a personal computer anything a person does computing on — whether that be laptop, tablet, smartphone, or something that hasn't even been invented yet."

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  1. supposedly obsolete tech by YouWantFriesWithThat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Me: "I'll take supposedly obsolete technology for $200"

    Trebek: "the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs"

    Me: "What are things I have in my house"

    *DING DING*

    1. Re:supposedly obsolete tech by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Funny

      And they go to 11...

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  2. Re:Affordable by Destoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    PCs aren't going anywhere and the idiot who made the original comment about this is some moron who has his head in the cloud a bit too much.

    *squint* .. I see what you did there..

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