Intel, Microsoft, Dell, HP and Lenovo Expect PCs With Fast 5G Wireless To Ship Next Year (pcworld.com)

Intel, along with Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Microsoft said Thursday that the companies expect the first 5G Windows PCs to become available during the second half of 2019. From a report: That's about the same time that Intel plans to begin shipping its XMM 8000 commercial modems, marking the company's entrance into the 5G market. Intel will show off a prototype of the new 5G connected PC at Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona. In addition the company will demonstrate data streaming over the 5G network. At its stand, Intel said that it will also show off eSIM technology -- the replacement for actual, physical SIM cards -- and a thin PC running 802.11ax Wi-Fi, the next-gen Wi-Fi standard.

Comments

Intel ME integration

[Anonymous Coward]

Obviously this will be directly connected to the Intel Management Engine just like current Intel wired network cards so it can do whatever it wants without any OS control?

Re:Intel ME integration

[Anonymous Coward]

Imagine the powers that be detecting that you're working on something that they don't like and bricking your computer or even making it use the highly volatile and explosive battery :)

Or even a nefarious third party using the awesome Intel(r) Security(r) of AMT that you so highly regard (CVE-2017-5689 9.8/10 - allows logging in as admin to every AMT interface with just a blank password). And don't tell me that a multi-billion corporation didn't test for this in a security-focused product... they knew.

Shrug.

[jawtheshark]

Unless data over cellular becomes significantly cheaper, I don't see this making much impact for the regular end-user. Corporate use is obvious. I have three laptops with 3G/4G modems. Exactly one has a SIM card and it's prepaid. I just load a few GB on it when I absolutely need Internet and there is no free wifi there. Still 5EUR/5GB. Cheapest I found.

Re:Shrug.

[swb]

The PC makers are just discovering that they're not really selling hardware to users, they're actually selling data consumption to cellular providers.

for clarification in the states:

[nimbius]

Fast

Assuming we're rocketing toward the repeal of net neutrality, this seems unlikely. Carriers currently routinely deliver neutered 4g with caps and traffic shaping. This will be a pay-for-play rate of performance that guarantees the vast majority of americans a mediocre experience, while slashdotters in sixty other countries scratch their heads and ask why the yanks cant internet.

5G

4G isnt even a consistent carrier definition in the US because marketing wanketeers took the standard on like a kid at a pinata party. And again, to emphasize, the number in front of the "G" in the United States is completely arbitrary and means nothing when carriers set the speed with impunity. For americans like myself, this article is just reporting on four of the largest multinational conglomerates deciding to offer a brand to customers.

allowance

[iTrawl]

Use your allowance in 5 microseconds. Zero to $5000 bill in half a minute.

That's what I'm expecting to be the next generation of mobile Internet. I mean, they still brag about "loads of data" next to 500 MB/month allowance, and still have 100 MB/month of data "as standard" everywhere. I don't remember if they also advertise 4G next to those allowances, but it's not impossible.

No thanks

[slashmydots]

Real computers can't be on data connections to cell phone towers. One freaking Windows Update can be over 1 GB not to mention all the auto-updating software not to mention netflix and youtube. This would be disastrous. Nobody wants this.