[Discuss] Future of Personal Computers

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 03/13/2012 12:39 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On 3/13/2012 12:13 AM, Shirley M?rquez D?lcey wrote:
>> The laptop certainly won't die for a while, if ever. Many tasks work so
>> much better with real keyboards; for example, I can't see professional
>> writers ever adopting tablets as their primary writing device.
>
> This is an important point.  Even a cheap keyboard is better for
> writing than trying to type on a touch screen.  A keyboard probably
> isn't as convenient as a touch screen for your life in 140 characters
> or less but for any kind of serious writing you're going to want a
> real keyboard. Or a chiropractor to fix your ruined hands afterwards.
>
> The only thing that I can see killing the clamshell style notebook is
> the elimination of the physical screen.  Someone devises a way of
> projecting the display into the air above the keyboard, does it
> cheaper than whatever is current for flat panel technology, does it
> with at least as good visual quality, and does it with less electrical
> power. That's the laptop killer.  True three-dimensional projection,
> not the flat parallax projection like the 3DS, is a bonus.
>
We already have ways of projecting onto eyeglasses, We've had BLU
meetings on this. Effectively these are implemented as heads-up
displays, I don't know why some companies don't invest in these. For
instance, a person who spends hours looking at a screen can get back
problems, but if the same person is wearing glasses or using a yet-to-be
invented air screen, they can sit in a more comfortable position.

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