Death of the PC - The Gadget Show

The software side is a bigger barrier than the hardware really - current high end smartphones and tablets have the processing power, etc. to handle even most desktop web browsing, productivity, etc. stuff these days - even something like visual studio isn't a far cry - I can hook my tablet or phone upto a monitor or TV via HDMI/MHL and a keyboard and mouse via bluetooth (only due to connectivity limitations) and use it not that unlike a desktop as far as it goes other than the OS isn't really developed with it in mind.

Even for gaming its not that far off - and converging faster than PC tech is moving on.
 
5UB said:
I am not sure how they can talk about PCs being dead, when their show is dead and had to sack most of the staff. :p

I guess they do not know about the WinXP shift. :)
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thought u were a big gadget show fan :p

in truth pc desktop has dropped in sales for last 7 years in a row. so yes it is dying. 7 years in a row isnt a lie. also why miscroshaft made win 8 for mobile devices.
 
the gadget show lost all credibility years ago...I just love how they say about storage then show a 1TB usb stick that costs more than both the chromebook AND the surface pro 2 combined lol

Until a laptop/slate can manage true engineering/3D design etc there is no way that I'll be able to 'kill my desktop pc's'...

Besides, it's not like people need to upgrade a desktop pc, 90% of home users are fine with desktop pc's from years ago, it's only hardcore users that really need the yearly upgrades :)
 
Assuming you hook em upto monitor and keyboard + mouse laptops can already do that and tablets are more software constrained than hardware in that regard - though there are some relatively limited cad and 3D modelling packages out there for android.
 
Freefaller said:
We've got thousands of pcs at work. I doubt that pcs in the work place will disappear.
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my last job used laptops. 3d modelling for retail. Able to hotwap, move about etc, but they were crazy powerful laptops and had to be plugged in, ran 3 monitors etc. Makes more sense than having a huge tower under every desk tbh

still used roper towers for render/servers though.


that samsung aio looks scarily similar to my sammy tv i use as a monitor, would look amazing sat next to it. hmmmmmm
 
I gave up on Gadget show long ago!

I came to realise that if it wasn't Apple then they refused to acknowledge it, especially that slap head Jason guy who thinks he is a teen.

Also the fact they never factor in the cost of the gadgets they test.

They did a portable wireless speaker group test a while ago, the speaker that won was around 3 times the price of the second place speaker. Infact iirc they were ranked in order of price!

And the fact that they think Beats are a genuine audiophile grade product.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
thought u were a big gadget show fan :p

in truth pc desktop has dropped in sales for last 7 years in a row. so yes it is dying. 7 years in a row isnt a lie. also why miscroshaft made win 8 for mobile devices.
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Not sure where, because we have had some new sales records, especially for systems.

So Gadget Show are going to replace their offices with tablets? - They will edit the show on a tablet, save the work not on a server, but a tablet, and then they do all their social media and new article on a tablet? :p
 
My surface pro has allowed me to do a lot more computing on a tablet, it is (relatively) powerful it can run any office software and I think many people will switch to that sort of solution with a dock. For many the next evolution of that sort of solution will be enough. I am in the minority and also have a couple of desk tops and all in one and a gaming laptop because I am a massive geek.

I didn't watch it and it was probably typical lazy journalism, i-knob fodder.
 
You guys are forgetting one thing.

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I'm enjoying watching Rachel now, sorry I mean the gadget show.

They do have a point if you watch it though.

Obviously in business I don't think it will be as prominent.
 
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anticonscience said:
I'm enjoying watching Rachel now, sorry I mean the gadget show.

They do have a point if you watch it though.

Obviously in business I don't think it will be as prominent.
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keyboard + mouse + graphics tablet will always win out over anything else productivity wise. (graphics tablet obviously does not mean a tablet computer.... A graphics tablet or digitizer is a computer input device that enables a user to hand-draw images, animations and graphics, similar to the way a person draws images with a pencil and paper.)

specs wise you pay far more for the same specs in a laptop

all the technology trickles down from desktop so desktop components will always be further ahead


if a PC breaks then your IT people can swap out a part.
if a laptop breaks you have to send it back to the manufacturer


it makes no sense to have laptop/tablet over a proper desktop pc at work.


A modern office just bought by starcitizen where money is pretty much not an issue since they raised 39 million $ so far for their game.
look what everyone is working on at their desks

Non of them seem to have less than 2 monitors.

desktop = productivity is king , cost is king and if they break you can fix them easily
 
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Totally agree, I hate making websites on a laptop as opposed to my dual screen desktop at work.

But your average joe at home who uses Facebook/emails a laptop would probably suffice. Plus of which the space savings with a laptop.

The Alienware laptop they showed was £2k which would cost nowhere near that for a PC.
 
While it might be true that for an average home users a PC is a thing of the past (laptop is enough), however I do not see anything changing when it comes to business/professional use for a very long time.

While a PC/laptop in theory is the same thing just different shape tablets/mobile phones will never give you the same level of freedom and multitasking that a proper computer can.
 
They do have a point Tbh

My desktop has been out of action for a few months
Use laptop for browsing at home
Phone when out
Play games on htpc

I take it by Pc they mean desktop
 
al4x said:
They do have a point Tbh

My desktop has been out of action for a few months
Use laptop for browsing at home
Phone when out
Play games on htpc

I take it by Pc they mean desktop
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dirty casual :p
of course they are dead for people like you but in most other applications outside of the home their are no real alternatives so the desktop isn't going anyway.

steambox will likely make the pc popular again if it takes off :P
 
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