OT But Logos-Germaine: PC Sales Trends

Statements from Microsoft CFO in NYTimes article:

'Ms. Hood said the company’s Windows business is a “tale of two markets,” one in which PC sales to businesses continue to grow modestly, while consumer demand for the machines is fizzling. She estimated that total industry PC shipments to the consumer market fell more than 20 percent during the quarter.'

Happy Logos is tablet-friendly!

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Russ White

First, most of America consumes information, rather than creating it, so part of what you're seeing is people realizing they don't need a laptop or computer to consume information. Serious content creation will always need something other than a tablet. What all of this says about the direction of the US as a nation is, perhaps, something to ponder on.

Second, hitting your finger on a piece of glass all day is about the worst thing you can do for them. Be very careful of all those repetitive stress injuries coming in a few years. :-)

Finally --ten years ago, terminals were all the rage, and PC sales were fading fast. One thing about the IT industry --if you've been in it as long as I have, you learn that these things go in cycles. Solomon pinned the IT industry more than 2000 years ago.

:-)

Russ

Allen Browne

PC shipments to the consumer market fell more than 20 percent during the quarter

Yes, Denise. Logos has seen this coming, and prepared to handle the tablet market.

I've just bought what might be my last laptop.It runs Logos 5 beautifully, but when this one needs replacing in perhaps 4 years time, I'm wondering if my Android phone might be powerful enough to be my computer.

I look forward to the day when I can pull it out of my pocket at work, plug in a USB hub that connects to keyboard and dual monitors, and run software as powerful as full Logos 5 and Microsoft Word simultaneously as I now do on my laptop. Then at the end of the day, pop the phone back in my pocket, and plug it into a similar USB hub at home. So all I carry back and forth is the phone.

Some smartphones have that connectivity already, but the software isn't there yet. I can't do searches on Android anywhere like what I can do on Logos 5. But the day will come, and isn't many years away. When that comes, the laptop becomes an eddy in a stream that's moved on.

mab

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/507125#Comment_507125

Technology is a two-edged sword. It boggles my mind to be reading from NIC commentaries on a small tablet while sitting in McDonalds. But the same mobile factor caused me to buy my first laptop in many years.

The market has nothing more than numbers to base their expectations. I think what will happen is that people will simply take longer to upgrade their PCs. You can still run Win 8 on a Win XP era machine.

It's a buyers market for PCs. Great for us, not so good for PC makers.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/507141#Comment_507141

Well, now having a Pagewhite with its unbelievable portability and ease-on-the-eyes, and given how fast technology moves, a thin high-powered tablet with optional bluetooth keyboard seems the future. I dream (naively probably) of a Logos that is intuitive and Page-whitey readability, and showable to my friends ('oh wow ... where can you get that!!'). L5's just not in that ballpark yet.

Logos is STILL unbelievable what it can deliver. Just not easy to use.

Lynden O. Williams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/507208#Comment_507208

Denise, my Crystal Ball tells me that Tablets will go the way of the Do do bird. With the increase in power on cell phones, and the advent of Google Glass, Telepathy and Virtual keyboards who will need a tablet. With Cloud sourcing, 4G Lte, and the development of the Logos App, you will have the option to do most of your heavy lifting right on your phone.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/507211#Comment_507211

Yes, but how long did the do-do bird last (smile)?

I bought my first 'mobile' in the mid-80s (a Toshiba programmable that could fit in my purse but demanded knowledge of Japanese). Later on I moved to a Casiopaeia and thense to the first phone with a data feed (ATT with stock quotes, etc). After that the first phone with the mini-MS system.

On the PC side, I got an early Apple II (3-digit serial) and moved on to an Amiga that was unbelievable (and still is). I had the first portable notebook before the IBM PC (not the monster ones). And thense moved on to micro-PCs that could run Windows and fit in my purse.

I'd bet there's a lot of forum members who moved through all the variations. Hard to say. The little PageWhite with her pink cover and easily downloadable books doesn't look very do-do-ish to me (yet).

EDIT: Hmmm ... I notice you expanded your specs, Lynden. The do-do bird's looking pretty frail.

Unix

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/507215#Comment_507215

I got a used laptop rucksack in great shape somewhat recently. Solves the problem and was really cheap even though I forgot to buy without VAT. Only problem is I can't carry much food with me in the rucksack.

But can frail technology be packed together with food?? I wouldn't think so. So there's the physical limit. The size/weight is not the main problem.

George Somsel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/507208#Comment_507208

Well, now having a Pagewhite with its unbelievable portability and ease-on-the-eyes, and given how fast technology moves, a thin high-powered tablet with optional bluetooth keyboard seems the future. I dream (naively probably) of a Logos that is intuitive and Page-whitey readability, and showable to my friends ('oh wow ... where can you get that!!'). L5's just not in that ballpark yet.

Logos is STILL unbelievable what it can deliver. Just not easy to use.

They'll just put a chip in your head.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/inside-google-hq-what-does-the-future-hold-for-the-company-whose-visionary-plans-include-implanting-a-chip-in-our-brains-8714487.html