Comments on: The Darker Side Of The Post-PC Era http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/ Tech Powered Life... Simplified Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: sight7http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/comment-page-1/#comment-76810 sight7 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14804#comment-76810 Hear, hear! I warn my less-tech savvy friends that 'new' tech is not necessarily 'better' tech...trust the cloud completely at your peril. Hear, hear! I warn my less-tech savvy friends that ‘new’ tech is not necessarily ‘better’ tech…trust the cloud completely at your peril.

]]> By: Abraham O'Driscollhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/comment-page-1/#comment-76632 Abraham O'Driscoll Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:21:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14804#comment-76632 I very much doubt that the desktops will become a thing of the past becuase a large sector of the IT industry is very much reliant on Powerful Gaming computers I highly doubt people would want to start playing COD or BF3 on a tablet! I very much doubt that the desktops will become a thing of the past becuase a large sector of the IT industry is very much reliant on Powerful Gaming computers I highly doubt people would want to start playing COD or BF3 on a tablet!

]]> By: Abraham O'Driscollhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/comment-page-1/#comment-76631 Abraham O'Driscoll Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:18:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14804#comment-76631 I  I 

]]> By: Zavegaliciahttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/comment-page-1/#comment-76630 Zavegalicia Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:24:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14804#comment-76630 Well...that is the idea. That is the goal.  Well…that is the idea. That is the goal. 

]]> By: Angelsluvhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/comment-page-1/#comment-76612 Angelsluv Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:40:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14804#comment-76612 I will never trust the cloud, there is something unsettlling in my mid with them, also it is forcing people to give up their freedom.. To make us give out our data to a company.. Who knows, they can spy on us using the cloud and no one would know it.. Seems as if that would leave us with surveillance, and we are signing petitions to prevent that in other countries but are not complaining about what they want to enact here in the USA with "The cloud"...The industry is insistent that everyone stay away from towers and have table,t but I will not have one until the day comes when we cannot purchase them or build one.. I HATE laptops/tablets, etc!!!! Guive me a tower!!! I will never trust the cloud, there is something unsettlling in my mid with them, also it is forcing people to give up their freedom.. To make us give out our data to a company.. Who knows, they can spy on us using the cloud and no one would know it.. Seems as if that would leave us with surveillance, and we are signing petitions to prevent that in other countries but are not complaining about what they want to enact here in the USA with “The cloud”…

The industry is insistent that everyone stay away from towers and have table,t but I will not have one until the day comes when we cannot purchase them or build one.. I HATE laptops/tablets, etc!!!! Guive me a tower!!!

]]> By: Genericmailstop2http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/comment-page-1/#comment-76605 Genericmailstop2 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:59:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14804#comment-76605 The "post PC Era" is a lot of bull. My next PC is going to be a big old honking tower PC with Intel's new Sandy bridge-e hex core processor overclocked to 5ghz, with liquid cooling, an SSD, a 2 TB HD, a 27 inch monitor, and 32GBs of RAM. The only tablets I use are called Tylenol, and I don't want or need a "smartphone". I have a "stupidphone" that I can only make voice phone calls with and I am very happy with it. I have no need to text, or use a screen the size of a credit card to do anything with other than dial a phone number. If I want to surf the web, watch a movie or play a game I will use my desktop PC. I have an attention span longer than 30 secs so I don't have to constantly entertain myself through out the day and being as humanity has somehow, inexplicably I admit, managed to survive into the 21st century perfectly well without being able to have all of these billions of vitally important personal communications every second of the day I think I will survive just fine. The “post PC Era” is a lot of bull. My next PC is going to be a big old honking tower PC with Intel’s new Sandy bridge-e hex core processor overclocked to 5ghz, with liquid cooling, an SSD, a 2 TB HD, a 27 inch monitor, and 32GBs of RAM. The only tablets I use are called Tylenol, and I don’t want or need a “smartphone”. I have a “stupidphone” that I can only make voice phone calls with and I am very happy with it. I have no need to text, or use a screen the size of a credit card to do anything with other than dial a phone number. If I want to surf the web, watch a movie or play a game I will use my desktop PC. I have an attention span longer than 30 secs so I don’t have to constantly entertain myself through out the day and being as humanity has somehow, inexplicably I admit, managed to survive into the 21st century perfectly well without being able to have all of these billions of vitally important personal communications every second of the day I think I will survive just fine.

]]> By: Addyhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/comment-page-1/#comment-76602 Addy Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:46:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14804#comment-76602 Technology means easing things out. So the tablets out there are getting smarter  after each launch. For the storage space in matter of no time they would be offering  the same as PC did. Remember laptops was a replacement for PC's and how they have improved over the years. Same is the case with tablets. Technology means easing things out. So the tablets out there are getting smarter  after each launch. For the storage space in matter of no time they would be offering  the same as PC did. Remember laptops was a replacement for PC’s and how they have improved over the years. Same is the case with tablets.

]]> By: Michael Crosbyhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/comment-page-1/#comment-76601 Michael Crosby Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:24:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14804#comment-76601 Rich, you're right. My problem now is I don't know how to save the stuff I presently have in the cloud. Stuff like calendar, contacts and docs. Not only do I need to get my geek on, I have to learn some just basic stuff. Rich, you’re right. My problem now is I don’t know how to save the stuff I presently have in the cloud. Stuff like calendar, contacts and docs. Not only do I need to get my geek on, I have to learn some just basic stuff.

]]> By: David Mhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/comment-page-1/#comment-76600 David M Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:25:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14804#comment-76600 When tablets have 2 terrabytes of storage, have 1920 x 1080 worth of pixels and have the same power processors as desktops then perhaps tablets might be considered replacements for desktops. When tablets have 2 terrabytes of storage, have 1920 x 1080 worth of pixels and have the same power processors as desktops then perhaps tablets might be considered replacements for desktops.

]]> By: Davidhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-darker-side-of-the-post-pc-era/comment-page-1/#comment-76599 David Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:40:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14804#comment-76599 The problem with Titanium is that in order to make full backups you must have root (administrator) access.  Actually, not so much a Titanium problem as it is with manufacturers who refuse to grant the end user root access.  Sure, there are usually other ways to get that, but the end user shouldn't have to do that.  Devices either need to be easily rootable, or have a built in (non cloud) way to do full backups and restores. The problem with Titanium is that in order to make full backups you must have root (administrator) access.  Actually, not so much a Titanium problem as it is with manufacturers who refuse to grant the end user root access.  Sure, there are usually other ways to get that, but the end user shouldn’t have to do that.  

Devices either need to be easily rootable, or have a built in (non cloud) way to do full backups and restores.

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