The prediction is in the title, and it's that laptops are a drying (or dead) trend because they are #1 too heavy, #2 do not have good software, #3 are too expensive.
I feel like we read vastly different articles. I read an article where the author discussed the limitations of laptops as they existed thirty years ago (when, I'll remind you, this[0] 12-pound beast was state-of-the-art), discussed some advancements that would need to be made for them to have more widespread appeal, and discussed some realities of how, when, and where people use computers that remain essentially accurate today.
If that was the case, I wouldn't have had a problem with the authors viewpoint but it statements like,
For the most part, the portable computer is a dream machine for the few.
that really miss.
And then their is the conclusion, which comes after the author acknowledges the possibility of improvements in laptops.
But the real future of the laptop computer will remain in the specialized niche markets. Because no matter how inexpensive the machines become, and no matter how sophisticated their software, I still can't imagine the average user taking one along when going fishing.
What?! To me that just shows the author downplaying the idea of the technology. He just couldn't imagine any laptop ever being more than a "niche".
nknighthb|11 years ago
[0] http://oldcomputers.net/kaypro2000.html
stevebot|11 years ago
For the most part, the portable computer is a dream machine for the few.
that really miss.
And then their is the conclusion, which comes after the author acknowledges the possibility of improvements in laptops.
But the real future of the laptop computer will remain in the specialized niche markets. Because no matter how inexpensive the machines become, and no matter how sophisticated their software, I still can't imagine the average user taking one along when going fishing.
What?! To me that just shows the author downplaying the idea of the technology. He just couldn't imagine any laptop ever being more than a "niche".