Future PC: Real or dream?

Firms are racing at full capacity for an ideal computer, both meeting the huge information needs and satisfying the "greedy" entertainment needs of users at anytime, anywhere.

In the future, the P character of a personal computer will represent Portable (mobile) rather. Never before have redesigners focused on freeing computers from four office walls. They create customizable devices that change the shape to best suit the room and accompany you to the edge of the tank.

Forget about the image of a gray, ugly box with a mess of cables behind. The future personal computer revolves around only two hours: Freedom.

You want evidence? Here, look at the latest products launched by Apple Computer and Logitech International. Apple's iTV has the ability to "shoot" content from a computer to a TV set and speakers, while Logitech products "shoot" straight content from the Internet to electronic devices.

Source: Logitech's BusinessWeek Keyboard and remote control even comes with an LCD screen to help you see and control digital music programs running on your computer, even if the computer is now in . room other.

With users increasingly downloading music and movies to their computers, they need PC as a powerful and versatile multimedia entertainment device. They want to watch downloaded movies on the living room TV screen, want to listen to MP3s in any corner of the house. Some even want to have PC content in the . kitchen (to watch cooking videos or see recipes at Foodnetwork.com for example).

A fashion style

In the future, wires will turn into "antiques," Dell's design director Steve Gluskoter said. "We will not need wires to connect everything anymore. The wire leads us to lose freedom, so it is forced to become extinct."

According to Gluskoter, future PC users will be able to store data and computing power inside a server stuffed into a warehouse. They can access that server from any wireless home screen and these screens will be displayed as pretty decorations.

" I think the computer will find new places in the family. The living room is obviously a destination, but there is also a kitchen, and there is a back corridor . Personal computers will be reflects the personality of the owner and is designed to best suit your home ".

Computers will not be the only things that change. Even the layout and display of furniture in the house were also affected. Why spend a lot of money on books, when you can download thousands of pages from the Internet and save them inside your hard drive? That is why Purdue associate professor Scott Shim designed a "computerized" bookshelf in 2005.

Non-weight, book prices and more

PC module - the idea of ​​winning Microsoft's PC design competition earlier this year, is very unique. The system includes a sliding frame with hard drive like books, removable and removable. Each hard drive will store a different content, such as digital music library, movies, office documents . "These books" can be pulled out of "bookshelves" and plugged into Go to "another bookshelf" anywhere, anytime.

Not just wireless, the future computers are . non-weight too. Some recent designs have shown that computers can be as light as pink. Pocket PC is still not the final limit. "Your laptop may be as light as a piece of paper, " Gluskoter said.

Even in the idea of ​​Itronix's chief executive, Tom Turner, the computer can be as portable as a pair of glasses. " Today, embedding computers in costumes only stops at the test range because they are so new and expensive. But in the future, smart fashion will definitely take off ."

Ever until October?

The answer is that it only takes 5 years, other dreamy technologies will be able to access the mass market. The computer screen will be able to project directly onto the wall through a special type of glasses or keyboard, while the headset will fit into the ear. " I believe that it will be a safe distance from 3-5 years. It will be the era of mobile computing, " Mr. Turner smiled.

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