Is There a Future for Laptops?

[zigzag3143]

I spent part of last week in New Orleans at CTIA, the big wireless telecom show. While I do attend CTIA when I can, this year's location was the real draw for me. For the past 15 years, I have tried to take at least two "eating vacations" each year. Travelling throughout my career, I have been stuck in all types of places around the world and checking out the local food scene has become kind of a hobby. So, I usually work for two or three days and, if I like the food prospects, I extend my stay for a few days just to eat.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404347,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000585

 

[jcgriff2]

I hope so!

 

[Corrine]

The smaller, lighter, more compact the device, the higher the rate of theft.

Not everyone lives in a mobile environment, traveling from job site to job site or attending conferences. Businesses that have occasional travelers have loaner equipment (today laptops, tomorrow tablets) but in the office they have a desktop. The 8-5 worker bee uses a desktop.

In the home, I can see an environment where a family would have a home network set up with family members having a portable device of some sort backed up to a home server.