Why do you even want a desktop "computer" any more, don't you want your computer to be able to talk to all of your peripherals, keyboard, mouse, display, phone, and television ? That puts your computer in a box and attached to a fast network that your peripherals are attached to. All you need where you sit is enough juice to light up the peripherals. And we've pretty solidly reached that point.
YES! You have hit a nerve. I very much want my singular computer to be a box--somewhere, anywhere--permanently attached to a high-speed network, and to connect to views of applications running on that computer from every single device I own [1].
However, for the time being, my desktop computer is the closest thing I have to a central/master/singular computer. It is the workhorse in my device arsenal. The fact that I want every device I own to be a terminal to view applications running on my singular compute device is a source of continuous frustration. But it is what it is. In today's world, each device wants to be its own entity, much to my distaste.
But yes, if I had my way, even my desktop work environment would simply be a very large, high-definition display with some input devices--a terminal viewing applications running on my compute device. Of course I don't actually need the compute device to be above, below, or beside my desk. It could be in my garage or at a data center.
All of this is tangential to the fact that I want my workspace, my desk, to feature a very large, very clear, immersive display. In the short-term, if manufacturers are feeling the pinch of dipping sales, they must make desktops a focal point. I'd argue that the model I describe in [1] would also work to their advantage; I feel the first vendor to pull off that model--to unify the compute experience for consumers across all of their devices, yielding singular applications with multiple views, continuous/seamless state, no synchronization, self-control, federated backup--will enjoy quite the windfall.
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YES! You have hit a nerve. I very much want my singular computer to be a box--somewhere, anywhere--permanently attached to a high-speed network, and to connect to views of applications running on that computer from every single device I own [1].
However, for the time being, my desktop computer is the closest thing I have to a central/master/singular computer. It is the workhorse in my device arsenal. The fact that I want every device I own to be a terminal to view applications running on my singular compute device is a source of continuous frustration. But it is what it is. In today's world, each device wants to be its own entity, much to my distaste.
But yes, if I had my way, even my desktop work environment would simply be a very large, high-definition display with some input devices--a terminal viewing applications running on my compute device. Of course I don't actually need the compute device to be above, below, or beside my desk. It could be in my garage or at a data center.
All of this is tangential to the fact that I want my workspace, my desk, to feature a very large, very clear, immersive display. In the short-term, if manufacturers are feeling the pinch of dipping sales, they must make desktops a focal point. I'd argue that the model I describe in [1] would also work to their advantage; I feel the first vendor to pull off that model--to unify the compute experience for consumers across all of their devices, yielding singular applications with multiple views, continuous/seamless state, no synchronization, self-control, federated backup--will enjoy quite the windfall.
[1] http://tiamat.tsotech.com/pao