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The Post-PC thread
cesium133:
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 09 May 2013, 16:56 ---I like that "three screens and a cloud" idea that Microsoft is throwing around recently. The idea that the PC no longer holds your stuff but that it's merely a gateway to your content in the cloud.
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I don't like the idea at all. If you keep your data "in the cloud" (i.e. on someone else's server), you're practically begging to lose your data at some point. Either they'll decide running the server is unprofitable and pull the plug, or a hurricane/earthquake/tornado will hit their data center, or someone will break into your account, or someone will decide they don't like what kind of data you have, etc. I much prefer to keep my data somewhere that I control, where I can make my own backups, and where nobody is snooping around in it. It's none of Google's business what's in my data (or, in this case, Microsoft's business). Thinking of that, I need to check on the lab fileserver's backups, so I'll cut this rant short.
mtmerrick:
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 09 May 2013, 17:07 ---What do you think of the Cove Point design? It's what got me hooked on these sorts of devices in the first place.
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absolutely gorgeous :P but not powerful enough for my needs - i find that no matter what i do my system always wants more GPU power, so a dedicated GPU (Nvidia plz) is a must (at least for me, personally)
for me, three screens is a bit different - in my ideal world my three "screens" would be a 7" android tablet with cellular/phone connectivity (or maybe the galaxy mega 6.3, hmm (depends on how good the developer community is)), google glass. :P , and an ultrabook with kickass specs to be left at home most of the time.
though i have to say, a Note 2 + Razer Edge Pro is a DAMM intriguing combo as well.
snalin:
I'm probably always going to need a powerful laptop or a desktop at work, as I'm a software developer. So it might be that skews my priorities a bit, but I don't really see myself getting anything more lightweight than a laptop (other than, of course, my smartphone) anytime soon. I don't really have any long travel times, so whenever I'm somewhere I need to access a device, I'm near a desk, either at my university or at home. Whenever I would use something smaller, I have a big screen and a big keyboard at hand.
If we get something like the "Phablet" mtmerrick is describing, then I'm probably going to get it, but I'd prefer to only be carrying one product at a time, so I think that'd be my phone, not a tablet.
mtmerrick:
well, we already have phablets. note that this is not my word, because its awful. The galaxy note 2 is my current phone and the best productivity-oriented android phone ever made, largely due to the wacom stylus built in.
phablets inherently let you get more done simply because you can see more. this also makes them easier to use.
also, what if it was a tablet you could use AS a phone (say, with a bluetooth headset)?
because that changes things for a lot of people.
bhtooefr:
I don't have a problem with the concept of the cloud as a central data repository that can also do some processing on that data, and can be accessed by all devices.
I just want the cloud to be a box in my apartment. (Which is why http://bhtooefr.org is hosted from said apartment.) It'd be nice to see something easier to administer for people who don't screw with computers as a hobby, but have privacy or data retention concerns with cloud services (have a simple config webpage, tell it to grab a service, and plop it on there, and it's ready to go and gets automatic security updates), but this works for some things for myself.
I'd also like some form of convergence - not necessarily everything being my phone connected to different displays, but ability to access the same programs (with UIs optimized for the different screen sizes and input methods) and data wherever I am, the big benefit of cloud services, is really nice.
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