Re:Tablet: Personal Computer in the Year 2000 (1988)
by jimktrains2 on Thursday January 24, 2013 @10:39AM
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They're not too far off on some things (SMP, the tablet being a synthesis of other devices like camera, audio recorder, &c), but other things never took hold, like using IR as a communication system.
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Re:Tablet: Personal Computer in the Year 2000 (1988)
by drd on Thursday January 24, 2013 @10:57AM
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The article contains pretty interesting predictions. Most of them have come true today. But, we should consider the fact that tablet cannot replace a personal computer for now.
“… PC has undeniable processing power that won't be available in mobile devices at least for the next few decades. This will stay true until we start to use another type of computing philosophy such as quantum computing.”
[http://www.drdacademy.com/?id=will-pc-and-consequently-softw...]
Re:Tablet: Personal Computer in the Year 2000 (1988)
by jimktrains2 on Thursday January 24, 2013 @02:51PM
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I'm not so sure. What's the difference for most people?
A keyboard? They make keyboards for iPads, Android, and Windows tablets.
The OS? That's not a terribly hard thing to change.
I would venture to say that a tablet could replace a laptop for 80+% of people. I type, browse the web, email, and program on my laptop. I tablet is more than capable of that. I'm not often doing heavy processing or graphic-intensive gaming, nor are many/most people.
Re:Tablet: Personal Computer in the Year 2000 (1988)
by joezydeco on Thursday January 24, 2013 @03:14PM
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They were 5-6 years ahead of IRDA, which was pretty much the wireless transfer/printing standard before Bluetooth came along.
Re:Tablet: Personal Computer in the Year 2000 (1988)
by jimktrains2 on Thursday January 24, 2013 @05:37PM
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I've used IRDA, I just couldn't think of it's name. It was a nice protocol. A friend and I would often use it on our Palm Pilots.