PC 2007 will be like?

In terms of technical breakthroughs, this year's personal computer (PC) is almost no different than before. Previous advances such as wireless networking, compact notebooks, and popular CD-W DVD drives seem unlikely this year when firms compete by lowering prices.

So, let's look at 2007, see what the PC will look like then. At that time, the dual-core processor will become popular. Microsoft should also have released the Windows Vista operating system, the upgrade is waiting too long for Windows XP. Software manufacturers began offering a variety of 64-bit multi-threaded products. Some of the new technologies that appear today such as mobile wireless PC cards or high-resolution video cards will become the norm in the mainstream model.

Vista difficult to popularize

In 2007, users will be able to use PCs with new features

The latest Microsoft operating system, when officially launched, will not have many of the characteristics that the company promised a few years ago. However, Vista will also bring improvements in security and graphics. Users will find documents on the computer easier now. While the launch of the Microsoft advertising campaign will be wild, according to Roger Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies, consumers should not rush to buy a new device with a Vista operating system installed. Gartner also made similar advice, saying that by 2008 new users will switch to Vista.

Although it will put pressure on computer manufacturers to switch to selling pre-installed Vista machines, Microsoft will have to face many difficulties in persuading users to switch operating systems because most of them have invested a lot and have familiar with Windows XP. One way for Microsoft to accelerate this process is to push software built on 64-bit so that the results are groundbreaking to convince users.

Mobile computer

In 2005, Verizon Wireless recommended PC card customers to connect to a dedicated computer network (EV-DO). Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo will launch this year with built-in EV-DO or HSPDA chips (high-speed mobile network access), similar to the introduction of the built-in Wi-Fi chip. Centrino series two years ago. As mobile network speeds improve, users will switch to storing information on the company's server or agency. Because such storage information can be accessed at any time, they will tend to use such machines to keep information confidential.

Terabyte hard disks

The technology for storing orthogonal information in hard drives that allow them to contain more information has now begun to appear on some commercial hard drives after years of limited hard drive research. In 2007, this type of hard drive will be popular, pushing desktop hard drive capacity to terabytes, not in gigabytes.

For other types of drives, converting from DVD to Blu-ray or HD-DVD will be slow. These types of drives are not available until the end of this year until 2007 and are relatively popular in high-end machines.

Battery runs longer but not much

Users may expect a laptop battery to last longer than now but that is not a technical breakthrough. In fact, longer-term battery-making techniques are gaining party advances, but this additional energy is mostly consumed by processors or new functions.

Energy cell batteries, which can run laptops for 12 hours, may start to creep into the market in 2007 but are not yet popular. Technical enthusiasts will buy in advance while the vast majority of users will wait until the system has been set up to stabilize the battery to start using it.