Google Says Desktops Will Be Irrelevant in 3 Years

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[citation][nom]bison88[/nom]5GB bandwidth cap, 1/5th the speed of the lowest Cable internet tiers, and $50 a month which is $15 more then what I pay for my PC. Yeah I don't think desktops are going anywheres.[/citation]
You're lucky! In South Africa $50 would get around a 1Gb cap, HSDPA speeds not much better than Edge. Really sad to say that our broadband isn't much better... a 4mbit line (no bandwidth) costs about $100/month and a 5GB cap would cost another $50 or so.
 
Yeah, such a BS. If that happens, people who use it will get blind after 3 years. That is why Baidu's stock is about $20 away from google.
 
What google meant to say was it "hoped" Desktops would be irrelevant in 3 years ...
 
What I believe is what Google may be saying is that phones in the future will be something like a "thin client." All the real processing will be done in "the cloud," on (m,b,tr?!)illion dollar servers.

The current bandwidth and/or technology may not be able to support something like that but that is why they are talking about the [bold]future[bold/].
 
And if Karl Rove said that Bush would not have invaded Iraq if he had known there were no WMDs, would you believe that?
 
Been hearing about the death of the desktop for years.

Now, it's mobile devices.Just recently, it was some sort of computing appliance and "the Cloud" - in other words, back to the mainframe/terminal model with "the Cloud" substituting for the mainframe.

Before that, laptops were going to replace desktops. And before that, game machines were going to kill the desktop.
 
I can’t wait to do corporate spreadsheets on my new ultra large 4” cell phone screen “WITH TECTILE FEEDBACK!”

I guess Toms Hardware will need to start benchmarking reading glasses. Here’s to the future! 😀
 
Sure, Google. As soon as you can find my google docs budget spreadsheet that disappeared into the cloud last year I will move all of the rest of my private business onto your network.
 
well, google's just flat-out wrong there. just because mobile internet connected devices are increasing in popularity, doesnt mean that ppl want to slowly thumb and squint their way around on it all the time.

Of course, this is coming form the same company who thinks local storage drives are becoming ancient as well.
 
[citation][nom]dark_lord69[/nom]Riiiiiight... This guy is talking about accessing information and that sort of thing. He is definitely not thinking about gaming or any high intensity computing. I don't see a cell phone playing Direct X 11 games in 3 years.[/citation]

I don't see DirectX 11 games in 3 years. Unless the next generation of consoles come out with DirectX 11 capability.
 
I suppose if there was a way to make your phone dock to a keyboard/mouse/screen, with bluetooth for example, it could happen.
 
Nevermind the hardcore PC gamer... What about the average Joe (or jane) who WANTS to have a PC? Somewhere to store files, and get on the web, type documents, do taxes, shop and research online... The idea that we (the consumer) will be weaned off the desktop in the next few years is crazy.
 
Yeah just like 3-5 years ago we were going to have a 'paperless' office, studies now show more paper is being produced than 3-5 years ago.
 
In 3 years, I'll still keep my stuff in a hard drive and have at least a laptop that is not cloud based for when I travel to internet scarce area.
 
Comments like this assume that people only use their PCs to do social networking and other light-weight activities. In this regard, I think portable devices will supplant desktops to a large degree in the mainstream segment. Then again, it's hard to imagine even casual users being satisfied with a
 
Desktop will always have their place in the market. Just like laptops apeal to some, desktops are just better for others. I think that the google VP should keep his mouth shut about things that could affend many. I guess that why hes the VP though.
 
Oh great. In just a few short years, I'll feel like an old man does today. I'll be completely outdated, completely frustrated that my fat fingers can't hit a small keyboard and be completely left behind. I guess living in an Amish Paradise doesn't look so bad after all. Thanks Weird Al.
 
people don't see this cloud hype is strange? All comments here, all people I know, don't like the idea of cloud computing. So why, you may ask, they are putting so much effort into migrating their system to the cloud and disseminating the cloud hype, if people don't want it? for me it's clear what's behind this. The world is migrating to the centralization of everything, including access to internet and computational power. I believe something really bad will happen in the next few years for them to be able to enforce this.
 
Gah, this is just more headline-grabbing bluster. I think it's safe to say, given how tough a time Microsoft has had pushing their Office 2k7 and Windows 7, (let alone Vista) it's safe to say that the standard Windows XP machine isn't going to go away anytime soon, let alone in 3 years.

Granted, I can see mobile devices and applications gaining more and more acceptance; that's pretty darn predictable. But to indicate that they'll suddenly replace an entirely different market... That's either just being hilariously uninformed, or trying to prey on those who ARE that uninformed.

[citation][nom]Article[/nom]in Japan, more research is being done on cell phones than on PCs.[/citation]
What they fail to mention, though, is that this isn't because Japan is any more ahead of the curve; it's that Japan never really adopted the PC to begin with. The closest they really ever got were a plethora of semi-PC consoles, like Microsoft's ancient MSX. This is also why the Wii was wildly popular with its Internet Channel there.

Meanwhile, it's probably been since the mid-90s since the Japanese have paid more research to their beloved "keitai" (phone) than the PC, back in the era when being a "smartphone" meant it included things like a calendar.
 
@google,

Right...... go on ahead and believe that......

Some how i think desktop will easily extend past 10 years. they still be around by then just be as common as they are now.
 
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