Please reinvent the PC!
The PC is dying a slow death. People no longer want the bulky ATX tower in their homes or have a dedicated space for them. Today, modern people and families have maybe a laptop and touchscreen devices...
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hmm i wonder when we will be ready for home server thin client networks? I think we are pretty much to the point where the only electronics that we should need in our living space is gorgeous HID hubs and mobile devices.
just ports, displays, touch screens and input devices
HID hubs can be designed to mimic;
-home theaters, media centers, stereos
-desktop workstations (monitor mouse keyboard VR)
-mobile device docks, clocks, radio, and alarms
-interactive touch screen displays all over the place such as on smart appliances, on walls on mirrors built into furniture
wouldnt that be a vastly more efficient approach to personal computing?
i mean think about it. think Apples "continuity" taken to a whole new level. basically when you enter your home you are essentially logging on.
just throw some mini server racks in a utility closet isolated and cooled with refrigerant backed with both fiberoptic hardwire connections for the bandwidth intensive hubs (desktops gaming media center) and the rest could just be wireless and mobile device driven.
it could also be tied into utilities monitoring and helping to save on power and water usage providing home automation
and best case scenario this would turn personal computing into more of an appliance where landlords would be required to provide them just like washers dryers and refrigerators -- at least that is the goal
and with a rack server form factor upgrading would be as easy as pulling out a board and popping in a new one.
this has been a bit of a pipedream of mine for many years now.
5 years ago pitching that consumer homes would need server level computing and networking might have been a bit of overkill....
but now hmmm probably still is overkill....
although the market is sort of shifting more towards mobile and cloud since most consumers dont really bother setting up complex networks with NAS and media streaming most of that is done from cloud to device...
but still one of my dreams :D
just ports, displays, touch screens and input devices
HID hubs can be designed to mimic;
-home theaters, media centers, stereos
-desktop workstations (monitor mouse keyboard VR)
-mobile device docks, clocks, radio, and alarms
-interactive touch screen displays all over the place such as on smart appliances, on walls on mirrors built into furniture
wouldnt that be a vastly more efficient approach to personal computing?
i mean think about it. think Apples "continuity" taken to a whole new level. basically when you enter your home you are essentially logging on.
just throw some mini server racks in a utility closet isolated and cooled with refrigerant backed with both fiberoptic hardwire connections for the bandwidth intensive hubs (desktops gaming media center) and the rest could just be wireless and mobile device driven.
it could also be tied into utilities monitoring and helping to save on power and water usage providing home automation
and best case scenario this would turn personal computing into more of an appliance where landlords would be required to provide them just like washers dryers and refrigerators -- at least that is the goal
and with a rack server form factor upgrading would be as easy as pulling out a board and popping in a new one.
this has been a bit of a pipedream of mine for many years now.
5 years ago pitching that consumer homes would need server level computing and networking might have been a bit of overkill....
but now hmmm probably still is overkill....
although the market is sort of shifting more towards mobile and cloud since most consumers dont really bother setting up complex networks with NAS and media streaming most of that is done from cloud to device...
but still one of my dreams :D