On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:25:43 -0800, Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe. But I think the bigger meme is going to be that PC's > need to go away. Most users would rather have a closed box > that is the responsibility of someone else and would likely pay > for the privilege.
That's one of my biggest fears about the future of computing. I keep coming up with reasons the PC won't go away, to soothe myself. Realistically, I don't see why it couldn't happen though. I can see a future in which the most general purpose of computing devices is something like a Playstation. Fixed hardware, limited software opportunities, locked up by DMCA and ilk. If you want to modify the hardware setup it'll involve pliers and soldering iron, and there will be no ready market to support such people. Instead of just plain common sense folk who want to do this or that upgrade or enhancement to their computer, it'll be "hobbyists". A quaint kind of oddity, relegated to a side show with the American Revolution re-enactors. -todd, Make subscriber -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
