The PC is Here to Stay, Says Intel's Paul Otellini

[atikkur]

no need to predict.. we are here to enjoy technology.. whatever the form. i enjoy desktop for games and works.. that's it.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

PCs will probably be around until 2020, maybe by then SmartPhones can do the job with a decent battery.

But yes, that said, PCs aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

 

[eddieroolz]

There will be no post-PC era as everything that computes around us - smartphones, desktop computer, tablet, whatnot - are all in some way or another, a personal computer.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]teh_chem[/nom]"The PC is not going to go away anytime soon, if ever. It’s going to continue to evolve."When I hear the term "PC," I think of a home desktop machine, or a non-netbook laptop. As soon as the definition of a PC deviates from that because of its evolution, I could no longer consider it a PC (as a PC enthusiast). State it however you want, it semantics. The PC is not here to stay.[/citation]
That's because that is what PC means to you, not to the rest of us. A personal computer does not mean an ATX form factor. I have already got a nettop attached to my TV that I use as a HTPC, not exactly heavy lifting but it is 10 times more powerful that my first ATX PC. As long as the narrow minded think that PC must equal a specific form factor they will always be disappointed.

 

[shahrooz]

what the fuck is going to replace PC nothing is gonna replace my PC, who actually thinks about death of PC? lol

 

[Guest]

DriverHell, shut up.

 

[Gundam288]

[citation][nom]shahrooz[/nom]what the fuck is going to replace PC nothing is gonna replace my PC, who actually thinks about death of PC? lol[/citation]
The PC that we know today, will be replaced someday. If a Quantum PC replaces it or something else is up for debate. But, as with everything, it will be replaced by something else. It's not a question of if, but a question of when and what.

 

[Cantisque]

Talking about "the sum" of all these devices being a long-term goal is all well and good, but everything is proprietary and in some cases, manufacturers are going out of their way to make sure rival products do not work with their own!

 

[g-unit1111]

[citation][nom]eddieroolz[/nom]There will be no post-PC era as everything that computes around us - smartphones, desktop computer, tablet, whatnot - are all in some way or another, a personal computer.[/citation]

Ha ha ha ha... that is very true. Smart phones, tablets and smart TVs all have the same components as desktop PCs - graphics processors, CPUs, RAM, storage, and operating systems. The only difference being that you can't customize a tablet the way you can a desktop.

 

[jackbling]

you mean to tell me that technology scales?!?! and i can have a more powerful system, at a lower price point, simply in a larger form factor?

Seriously, anyone who thinks otherwise is living in a box.

 

[hatchna]

[citation][nom]g-unit1111[/nom]Ha ha ha ha... that is very true. Smart phones, tablets and smart TVs all have the same components as desktop PCs - graphics processors, CPUs, RAM, storage, and operating systems. The only difference being that you can't customize a tablet the way you can a desktop.[/citation]

There's a lot more difference than simply customization. The biggest difference is capability and compute power. Sure TV's, tablet's and phones all have those basic components, but so did PDA's back in the early 2000's and nobody claimed they were replacing PC's. The simple fact is that those devices simply aren't capable of the raw crunching ability of today's modern PC's. A tablet can't open up an Adobe Premiere project and encode a high quality video from it. A tablet isn't going to be able to make me a presentation quality Powerpoint slide show. A tablet isn't going to run today's PC games, period. A smartphone isn't going to be able to have instruments connected to it to record audio tracks to compose music.

Smartphones and tablets are casual devices aimed at casual users. They will never replace the PC for power users who depend on a large screen, keyboard and mouse, and a full fledged OS with no limitations.

 

[Cazalan]

The PC is always evolving and shrinking. That trend will continue.
Every few years another major component gets integrated.

Eventually people will just be walking around with a iPod size PC in their pocket and a wireless VR Headset.

http://www.vuzix.com/site/_photo/sheet/Vuzix_VR920_Sheet.pdf

These things are in their infancy but the resolutions will increase.

 

[Guest]

Laptops will become as upgradeable as desktops! But pigs will fly, before I buy windows 8. I hope Linux can make more inroads in the market, windows 9 will be out shortly!

 

[g-unit1111]

There's a lot more difference than simply customization. The biggest difference is capability and compute power. Sure TV's, tablet's and phones all have those basic components, but so did PDA's back in the early 2000's and nobody claimed they were replacing PC's.

I still have my old black and white Palm Pilot with handwriting recognition software. Did I ever think that thing would even come close to replacing a PC? Not in a million years.

 

[spartanmk2]

A tablet wont and cant replace my gaming needs that only a PC and the interchangeable hardware inside it can.

 

[drwho1]

PC's will always evolve into newer cases with newer hardware, but they will always be my PC's, and they will always be put together with my own very hands.

 

[InvalidError]

[citation][nom]hatchna[/nom]The PC is hundreds if not thousands of times more powerful than a tablet as a content creation device. I can't imagine a tablet of any kind doing any kind of heavy video encoding, or software compilation.[/citation]
PCs are only a dozen or so times faster than tablets in CPU/GPU power and the gap is shrinking quickly.

I would not be surprised if 10 years from now most of the computing power and storage got delegated to a whole-home compute unit/cluster instead of being duplicated at every display/desk so you can "take" your computing to any tablet/laptop/TV/etc.

While the computer running the show would still technically be a PC, it won't be used in the contemporary PC way. This is what Otellini means by the 'evolving role'.

 

[Guest]

Laptops will get 10 gigabit ethernet cards, and 2 rj45 ports, Laptop LAN-partys will then spread thuough coffeehouses! USB 4 had better be faster and use a lot less overhead! This will force folks at Intel to bite
their lips and lower their prices! USM slim is just around the corner, laptop hard drives will the be hot-swapable with no screwed-in hard drive! Thoroughly Modern Metro, a play about the windows 8 fiasco, will premiere on Broadway!

 

[tomfreak]

Intel do urself a favor, buy Activision-Blizzard and stop them from going console porting games.

 

[livebriand]

The PC will evolve, sure, but it will not go away any time soon. Are there any tablets with the power and capabilities of my multi-monitor desktop? Nope. I wouldn't be surprised if smaller desktops (or all-in-ones) and smaller, thinner laptops (like Ultrabooks) start to become more common though over the next few years.

 

[livebriand]

The PC will evolve, sure, but it will not go away any time soon. Are there any tablets with the power and capabilities of my multi-monitor desktop? Nope. I wouldn't be surprised if smaller desktops (or all-in-ones) and smaller, thinner laptops (like Ultrabooks) start to become more common though over the next few years.

 

[livebriand]

[citation][nom]scannall[/nom]I think the form will continue to evolve. For regular users in particular. I can envision a time where a household will have a computer somewhere in the house, in a utility closet. Then the household members will use a wireless keyboard, mouse and monitor anywhere they want, and as many using it as there are people in the family.Perhaps even offload heavier computing loads from your tablet to the household computer, allowing you to do more intensive work on it, while keeping your battery life high.[/citation]
Hard to say - this reminds me of mainframes and terminals, which have since gone extinct, for the most part. (well, sorta, with the cloud now)

 

[fb39ca4]

No shit.

 

[reubonics]

Sorry My PC is HERE To Stay. Intel Quads.

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[kronos_cornelius]

I agree with Intel. We don't get rid of 18-Wheelers because the Prius came out right !