First
of all, I would like to admit that I probably don’t know what I am talking
about, but that has never stopped me before.
Therefore, I will endeavor to persevere in spite of my ignorance again.
Anyway,
what this is about is all of the talk I have been hearing about the advent of
tablets and smartphones that sounds like a death knell for personal computing. For it is being strongly suggested that almost
everything will be done through [cloud computing] in the very near future.
Yeah,
I may be knee-jerking over a bunch of knee-jerking by stock market analysts
again, but I am getting a really bad feeling about this. For big-shot corporate types pay more
attention to their bottom-lines than anything else, and with PC sales [plummeting]
in the face of rising tablet and smartphone sales, PC makers may decide to spend most
of their resources on developing slicker ways of accessing the cloud.
If
you are not familiar with what cloud computing is yet, it is basically about
using a device to access server-based programs over the internet. Have you ever heard of apps for your
smartphone? Well, many of them are
actually access links to those server-based programs.
Yes,
the absolute truth of the matter truly is that most have no need for all that
an actual personal computer has to offer.
For they just want to go online to see the sites and occasionally do
some image editing, which can be accomplished through one of those server-based
programs.
Furthermore,
bloggers have been already using server-based programs for years. For this is what the Blogger, WordPress and
all of the other blogging platforms are.
Oh,
but what about those who want to keep a copy of their work? Tablets and smartphones do not have a hard
drive!
On
the other hand, storage of personal projects is readily available online for
free, but just how long is that going to last?
Oh, and what about when there is a glitch in the system? Do you really want to leave the continued existence
of your 100-page presentation in the hands of someone floating around on a
cloud? Now, I don’t know about you, but
most of my experience with the customer service provided by the likes of a
Google has been somewhat lacking in satisfaction.
No,
I am not expecting anything drastic anytime soon, but the writing is on the [wall]. Therefore, it might do you well to buy that
big and powerful PC you have been dreaming of much sooner than later. For corporate types have a habit of pricing
things that they do not make much of much higher than they have to in order to justify
continuing to make them. Sigh.
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