Once again, we are on the brink of a social revolution caused by the high tech catalyst. In the past, we have not been able to combine the power of computing and the benefits of mobility into a package that could be affordable to the masses. If you wanted low cost power, you had to stay at home with the desktop. If you wanted lost cost mobility, you had to resort to a cell phone with Internet access. But now, with plummeting laptop prices, both computing power and mobility will be accessible to all.
Think back to when laptops first became generally available. They were slow, heavy, and awkward to use, and (most of all) they were too costly for even most upper middle class consumers. For a few years, laptops followed the desktop trend - provide faster processors and more disk space with higher overall quality, but keep the price the same. The average laptop owner was enjoying the benefits of technological improvements, but the average laptop owner was not the average person. Eventually, desktop prices fell off the table, and it appears that laptop prices have begun to take the same plunge.
The prohibitive cost of laptops stimulated the growth of the hand held devices. Granted, these devices will not go away - they have a definite advantage over laptops for many applications and in many environments - but hand held devices do not have the same power and user interface advantages that a laptop inherently has (larger display screens for viewing multiple things at once; using a keyboard for input instead of fumbling with thumbs on tiny buttons; and a wealth of software). Now that laptop prices are approaching the cost of a hand held, the average consumer is going to have more options.
The consumer will have more freedom than ever to have full computing power away from the desk. Whether the employee is working at a home office, or in the local park, or on the top of a mountain 500 miles away, the capability is there for an affordable portable computer solution. So many more people will have connectivity, allowing the world to be more flexible and in touch.
The impact on society probably will not be fully understood for years to come, but the revolution of the cheap laptop will have the same magnitude of impact that such technologies of the past - televisions, mainframe computers of the 1960's, and cell phones - have had on society.
Applications such as social networking tools that worry about user counts will need to scale like never before; customer service and customer help organizations will see their call rates skyrocket; and we'll see the need for new types of applications being developed.
The cheap laptop that allows the masses to tie in and get connected like never before may also instigate social changes. No longer will the laptop user be confined to being the man in the business suit waiting for his flight at the airport gate. The laptop user will be the worker who has stopped at a fast food place to eat, or the farmer out in the field, or the hunter hiding in a duck blind. Well, maybe that's a stretch. The point is that there will be changes. The doors have been opened and the sky is the limit! - 31403
Think back to when laptops first became generally available. They were slow, heavy, and awkward to use, and (most of all) they were too costly for even most upper middle class consumers. For a few years, laptops followed the desktop trend - provide faster processors and more disk space with higher overall quality, but keep the price the same. The average laptop owner was enjoying the benefits of technological improvements, but the average laptop owner was not the average person. Eventually, desktop prices fell off the table, and it appears that laptop prices have begun to take the same plunge.
The prohibitive cost of laptops stimulated the growth of the hand held devices. Granted, these devices will not go away - they have a definite advantage over laptops for many applications and in many environments - but hand held devices do not have the same power and user interface advantages that a laptop inherently has (larger display screens for viewing multiple things at once; using a keyboard for input instead of fumbling with thumbs on tiny buttons; and a wealth of software). Now that laptop prices are approaching the cost of a hand held, the average consumer is going to have more options.
The consumer will have more freedom than ever to have full computing power away from the desk. Whether the employee is working at a home office, or in the local park, or on the top of a mountain 500 miles away, the capability is there for an affordable portable computer solution. So many more people will have connectivity, allowing the world to be more flexible and in touch.
The impact on society probably will not be fully understood for years to come, but the revolution of the cheap laptop will have the same magnitude of impact that such technologies of the past - televisions, mainframe computers of the 1960's, and cell phones - have had on society.
Applications such as social networking tools that worry about user counts will need to scale like never before; customer service and customer help organizations will see their call rates skyrocket; and we'll see the need for new types of applications being developed.
The cheap laptop that allows the masses to tie in and get connected like never before may also instigate social changes. No longer will the laptop user be confined to being the man in the business suit waiting for his flight at the airport gate. The laptop user will be the worker who has stopped at a fast food place to eat, or the farmer out in the field, or the hunter hiding in a duck blind. Well, maybe that's a stretch. The point is that there will be changes. The doors have been opened and the sky is the limit! - 31403
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