Comments on: The Future of Personal Computing ? http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/ the mark cuban weblog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nishant Saini http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-60328 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:20:47 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-60328 I dont think that it will be Google or Sony… Personal Computing is much more than word processing, spreadsheets or presentations… People use a computer for many more tasks that require much from an Operating System… But I agree that most of the stuff can be done online and something like a Web OS can changed the arena of operating system battle…

Microsoft’s move to present on-demand computing for home users in India has started a new battle…

I have posted my thoughts on my blog…

http://blog.simplyjava.com/2009/02/evolution-of-personal-computing-on.html

]]> By: littlecrickett http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-55668 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:54:01 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-55668 Hi everyone,

I am a french student working part-time for an international Computing Firm. I have chosen to do my internship report on the folowwing theme : “What is the future of Personal Computing”.
Therefore, I have created a new blog that you can find at this address : http://futureofpc.wordpress.com/

I would be happy that you feel free to have a look and leave comments there. I will put some information as soon as I will get some doing my researches.

Thanks

]]> By: Big Show Baseball http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29407 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:47:17 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29407 I can see where you are coming from on this one, but I have a hard time imagining a lot of people going the way of a gaming console (or anything similar.) I know I for one won\’t ever be going that way…

]]> By: Dorat http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29406 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:40:11 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29406 >>Will people stop putting their pictures on their PCs and buy gaming consoles for this purpose instead ?

>Yes, why not?

Did you already have a look at the sales reports of the new Playstation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360? At the moment these units are selling really bad. The sales of notebooks raised dramatically within the last year and not to forget about the media PCs… VCR, DVD, Musik, Internet… all in one, thats the future of personal computing…

]]> By: Mike http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29405 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:57:40 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29405 Let\’s not forget Nintendo. They have a box in the living room that surfs the web just fine. They have sold 3 or 4 of them too… Nintendo is shooting for 36 million Wii consoles by 2011.

http://www.wiiblog.net/nintendo-to-sell-36-million-wii-consoles-443/

Nintendo\’s console isn\’t as strong as MS or Sony\’s – true, but how powerful does it have to be to download a web page?

]]> By: greenskin http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29404 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:36:47 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29404 Wow. Great article. You\’re the man.

]]> By: Poornima Sinha http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29403 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:55:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29403 I wonder what how this trend will be impacyed by the weak IP protection in homes.
In india the scene is very bleak also in corporates..

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=158221

Its incredible.

poornma

]]> By: Horsey http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29401 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:30:30 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29401 You forgot one very important factor Mark. Why would Microsoft or Sony want non-gamers to buy their current gaming consoles? They sell these consoles at a loss and expect to make up for it with game software sales. The last thing they want is the \”dead weight\” of people buying their console as a utility device. Perhaps some future machine will be designed for this market but the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 are not sold at a price which allows Microsoft or Sony to make a profit on the hardware.

Now, they might, in the future, make a console aimed at getting people to browse the web, do simple computing tasks etc. But I bet you they will make those future consoles a nice walled garden where only their online offerings are available. Why would they go through the trouble of making these amazing compelling clients and then allow Google or Yahoo (or Amazon) to run off with all the customers?

The Xbox Live service is probably the best indication of things to come. It is an \”online\” service, but it isn\’t the internet. You can buy content and get information, but there is only one vendor — that is Microsoft.

I see consoles developing more like the wireless world. Buy a Verizon handset and you don\’t have access to any content or application you want — you have access only to the specific offerings that Verizon wants to give you access to. And these offerings all cut Verizon in on the revenue.

LONG LIVE THE PC! LONG LIVE THE PC! Its the only place where we actually have a choice of vendors.

]]> By: jn http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29402 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:29:31 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29402 Isn\’t Google already heavily utilizing this technology. Why not just a Java Virtual Machine? Also, why have a PC at all if you are already using your xBox as your gaming console and web browser?

Anyway, we here at VX30, a \”player-less\” or universal, Java-based streaming video company feel well positioned for the future. With no media player required to stream video live or on-demand, VX30 is a perfect fit for ubiquitous computing (future of personal computing). It would be great to get your thoughts on our unique Software Company out here in Maui, Hawaii. If you have time, visit our website at http://www.vx30.com. – Aloha

PS – Harris or Nash – working out very well!!

]]> By: Somersby http://blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29400 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:11:47 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/#comment-29400 The only question isn\’t what does Google want, but what do people want? I like having my own PC with the latest of everything. Granted I don\’t like worrrying about the latest upgrade – and will these \”upgrades\” never end? Cease and desist with the upgrades!

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