Desktops Obsolete?

In a presentation in Dublin, Ireland in March 2010, Google sales chief Jim Haley stated that desktops would be irrelevant in three years (SiliconRepublic.com). Smartphones, notebooks, and the amount of information available online will converge to create a different kind of future than what we’ve known, according to Haley. Do you agree? Why or why not? What impact would that have on the types of hardware and software that are the most in demand?



     I agree with what Jim Haley, I believe that desktop computers will be eliminated in the future. The new technology today is more obtainable then it used to be. So everyone can afford these new devices and who doesnt want something that is portable.  Instead of sitting at your home you can be traveling or doing anything; and you will always have your access to the Web. You can find out anything at a touch of a buttin oin your phone, notepad, and ipod. Well i think that it would make the cost of desktop computers go down because nobody would want to purchase one. I also believe that it will make them come out with new devices that can be more portable (like the way they are charged). I think that there will be alot more applications available and alot more devices that we have never thought of.