"8 bits of everyday tech we won't use in a decade"

I think most of these predictions will be off by least a few years, but we'll see.

Comments

[Brock]

#'s 1 and 7 are dysfunctionally stupid.

Anyone who thinks #1 could possibly be true has never actually tried to type anything longer than a text message using the iPhone. Either that or they're the worst typer in the world even with a keyboard.

Anyone who thinks that #7 is true clearly hasn't spent much time noticing the differences between Max OS, Windows, Linux, Android, etc.

The others are more defensible, though Desktop-sized monitors will always be nice for anything more than the most casual of computing.

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[JorgXMcKie]

Having been around computers since they had vacuum tubes, let me say that it's obvious "this, too, shall pass." However, the changes I've seen that end up being used 'by everyone' are those that make 'everybody's' life easier/better.

Thus, I agree that #1 is kind of silly, although thinner, more functional keyboard type 'things' would seem obvious.

Migrating from desktops would seem to me to imply that desktops have no (or only very few) advantages over other types, and I don't believe that to be true, yet. What I find is that what matters to me is the interconnectivity between my devices. It is now pretty easy to get all my useful files synched between two laptops and two desktops (one at home playing server/media center and one at work, where it is less likely to be stolen/damaged easily due to it's bulk and placement.

Anyway, they're interesting ideas.

[kyle8]

Yeah remember when movies were going to be obsolete, and televisions, and going to the grocery store? and schools, and drivers licence's, and I could go on and on.

[Ted Craig]

I the future, proclaiming the end of OS (No. 7) will be obsolete.