The PC is dead. Born: 1981, Died: 2009(ish)
The PC is dead. That beige or black box under your desk that runs your email/web access will follow 8-track, mimeographs, and typewriters to the graveyard of dead technology, and sooner than most people are ready to admit.
Already we get our email on our Smartphones and Netbooks. The Netbook is now 20% of the mobile computing platform. At the same time PC sales are down, mobile computing device sales are up. Even industry stalwart Apple has seen a decline in desktop PC sales while their sales of iPhones has increased.
The world is going mobile and there isn’t a place in it for a 25 lb. box that adds no value over a Netbook, Notebook, or Smartphone. As data moves into the cloud, synchronization technologies will allow people to have their data delivered anytime, anywhere. The challenge of cloud-sync will be solved so that even when the cloud is not available, you will have access to your data. Any changes made when the cloud is not available will be seamlessly synced when you reconnect.
We are starting to see Netbooks being sold by major cell carriers. It won’t be long before your Internet, mobile phone, and computing device are all delivered by your mobile carrier. You’ll pay a flat fee and all your voice, messaging, and data services will be delivered via mobile devices. This transition has already begun for the consumer makert (fixed: market) and its only a matter of time before it begins to affect the small business owner as well…
Tomorrow we’ll talk about how this impacts the small business owner…the death of the Server…
No comments yet.