Tuesday, 28 February 2012

The iPad, will we really lose the need for desktops and PC’s?


I personally remember the days of sitting at a desk in front of a big, thick computer screen with a massive PC to go with it. With the recent development of e-business where buying online became the most popular thing to do, it seems that with the emergence of the iPad and other various products made by Apple, need to have that big PC in the house is becoming increasingly less.

With the sleek, easy portable and mobility of the iPad, one must ask themselves, who needs a desktop or PCs? Well there are many reasons for the success of the iPad and here are a few which I feel are influential to me:
Speed    
From the start the iPad is fast and with a click of a button, it’s on operational, and ready for the user. Whereas with the PCs, even with the broadband speed, my own PC at home would take several minutes in order to properly load.
Portability
The obvious advantage, (which is a big thumbs up with me) is the ability to bring it wherever you want. No matter where you are in the house, where it is in the living room or your own bedroom, the iPad works just the same. Unfortunately, the PC is the exact opposite, with its huge size it is stuck in a stationary position and at in today’s age of mobile devices is not practical.
However, I would not completely write off the PC just yet. A key factor which it has over the iPad is that it is a piece of equipment that is well known, everyone a basic knowledge whereas with the iPad, many people would be learning from scratch on how to use it.
I feel eventually I feel that the iPad will take over and become the dominant hardware used to access the internet due to the many overwhelming amount of advantages it has, but I do not believe it will permanently remove the PC from the picture altogether due to its established bases within the market

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