Spreadsheets creation and data entry, page layout, photo processing, writing, presentation creation - those and more are far more difficult on anything without a keyboard and mouse.
Kurt On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you imagine writing technical documents or doing CAD on a tablet? Sure > the percentages may change, but the desktop will not go away anytime soon. > It might run on a thin client, but there's still a place for a desktop - > even if virtual. > > Pundits have been predicting things like "the death of Citrix" and "the year > of the Linux desktop" for a long while. I haven't noticed either of them > happening. > > YMMV, IMO, etc. > ---Blackberried > ________________________________ > From: Roger Wright <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:40:41 -0400 > To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Subject: Death of the Desktops? > > There are a number of pundits pushing the notion that desktop computing is > facing certain death, and especially for desktop computers as we've known > them up to now. Indeed, there are more portable offerings available than > desktop machine options, but with a higher price/performance/feature ratio. > I'm not sure I buy it, especially for many business environments where > access to legacy apps is critical. But it does give me something to > consider as we face our annual equipment refresh cycle. > > What are your thoughts? > > > Roger Wright > ___ > > If I could choose any way to destroy the world, I'd delete Google. > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
