Good points. A question is how long Windows and Office will remain cash cows for Microsoft?
1. One future state is that most people transition from desktop computers to smartphones, tablets, etc. We then dock these devices for doing intensive work.
2. Another possibility is that we have smartphones and tablets, but transition from desktops and laptops to thinner laptops (e.g., netbooks, new Macbook Air, etc).
The issue for Microsoft and others is then - what operating system and office software becomes the standard in this future computing environment: Windows and Office, Android/Chrome and Google Docs, Apple's iOS and iWork, or some other solution (e.g., OpenOffice)?
I'm not seeing how this can happen. Love my iPhone for Email reading / Skype chatting / quick browsing, but that's pretty much all the productive work I can do with it.
My wife is also asking me repeatedly how the hell can I browse the web on that small screen.
With my laptop I can also stay in bed AND type with the lights closed and without much effort. That's not something I can say about devices like the iPad.
IMHO ... in the future devices will simply vanish from sight and get replaced by interfaces based on holograms projected from your furniture.
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Good points. A question is how long Windows and Office will remain cash cows for Microsoft?
1. One future state is that most people transition from desktop computers to smartphones, tablets, etc. We then dock these devices for doing intensive work.
2. Another possibility is that we have smartphones and tablets, but transition from desktops and laptops to thinner laptops (e.g., netbooks, new Macbook Air, etc).
The issue for Microsoft and others is then - what operating system and office software becomes the standard in this future computing environment: Windows and Office, Android/Chrome and Google Docs, Apple's iOS and iWork, or some other solution (e.g., OpenOffice)?
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I'm not seeing how this can happen. Love my iPhone for Email reading / Skype chatting / quick browsing, but that's pretty much all the productive work I can do with it.
My wife is also asking me repeatedly how the hell can I browse the web on that small screen.
With my laptop I can also stay in bed AND type with the lights closed and without much effort. That's not something I can say about devices like the iPad.
IMHO ... in the future devices will simply vanish from sight and get replaced by interfaces based on holograms projected from your furniture.