10 reasons why the PC is here to stay
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 8:15The PC as you know it is obsolete. So sayeth Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who took the stage at the Wall Street Journal’s D8 conference in June to talk about what he sees as the coming “post-PC era.”
“When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks,” Jobs explained. “But as people moved more toward urban centers, people started to get into cars. I think PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them.” What they will want instead, according to Jobs, are iPads — and devices like them — which do away with traditional desktop PC metaphors in favor of more intuitive, touch-based experiences.
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Depending on whom you ask, the iPad will save journalism, rescue the book publishing business, transform the movie industry, change the way we communicate, and make the perfect omelet. But there are plenty of reasons to suspect that at least some of these predictions will prove overly optimistic. Even more dubious is the idea that the iPad signals a true sea change in computing. Here are 10 reasons why we think the rumors of the PC’s death may be greatly exaggerated.
1. Tablet computing: Déjà vu all over again
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