∞ The future of the PC industry

Ben Bajarin:

I believe that this inflection point can be described as going from personal computing to personalized computing and will be defined by tablets and smartphones that take all types of shapes, form factors and designs that make the computing experience more personalized and customizable. This inflection point is just as dramatic as when the PC came on the scene and cut the chord between the mainframes and mini’s and brought personal computing local. Another way to think of this is that we are moving into a phase in which people want a PC on their desktop and in their pocket.

It’s the post-pc world.



  • Mark Dalrymple

    “cut the chord”?  Oy.

  • Anonymous

    Whenever I hear about the future I’m always reminded by what Alan Kay said to Steve Jobs when he first introduced the iPhone:

    “ Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world.”

    It seems prophetic when you look at the iPad.