[Discuss] Future of Personal Computers

[omegahalo at gmail.com (Chris O'Connell)]

I'm not at all familiar with the Asus Transformer.  Does the ASUS have an
actual dock that can liven a monitor or two?  How about Android printer
support?  If you bring it to the next meetup I would love to see it.  In
fact, we had a Tablet meeting not too long ago, and I think that the Tablet
field is advancing so quickly we could consider an annual "tablet" night to
talk about new uses and new software apps.

IMO the Android OS at this point does not have the ability to replace a
desktop or laptop computer.   iOS CERTAINLY doesn't have the ability to
replace a computer and has very little value to me as I don't think one can
be terribly productive with it.  I continually see my coworkers trying to
jam these tablets into a business environment and squeeze some type of
productivity out of them, which I always find humorous.

I myself have a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet.  I use it for light web
browsing and reading some digital files.  Generally I find the hokey
and inconsistent performance majorly annoying.  I'm planning a trip to Asia
at the end of the month.  I want to do some blogging while I'm gone and I
just can't imagine bringing my tablet along.  Even with an external
keyboard I just think something as simple
For now, I agree with a previous participant in our conversation.  If you
want to actually be productive and get stuff done use a laptop/desktop.  If
you want a nice toy to read on use a tablet.  Not to say they don't have
their uses, but a tablet isn't going to replace my laptop any time in the
near future.


On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Edward Ned Harvey <blu at nedharvey.com>wrote:

> > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> > bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Chris O'Connell
> >
> > Given that Microsoft is working so hard to ensure Windows 8 runs on
> tablets
> > (either ARM or Intel) I have a prediction.  I suspect that the eventual
> > goal is to have this new type of Windows 8 tablet something that can be
> > dropped into a dock at home.  The new tablets will eventually be powerful
> > enough to replace your home desktop.
> >
> > Such a dockable tablet would be pretty handy.  When you head to work or
> on
> > vacation just bring your tablet and it'll have all of your documents,
> > pictures and software on it.
>
> You mean like the Asus Transform?  This is what I use, and I absolutely
> love
> it...  ;-)
>
>


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