[xmlp] the recent garbage collector performance improvements

[Sean Kelly]

Long term I suspect the typical desktop experience will just be a phone or other mobile device talking wirelessly to input and display peripherals.

On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:20 AM, "dsimcha" <dsimcha at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Thursday, 2 February 2012 at 18:55:02 UTC, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>> On 2/2/12, Manu <turkeyman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> PC's are an endangered and dying species...
>> 
>> Kind of like when we got rid of cars and trains and ships once we
>> started making jumbo jets.
>> 
>> Oh wait, that didn't happen.
> 
> Agreed.  I just recently got my first smartphone and I love it.  I see it as a complement to a PC, though, not as a substitute.  It's great for when I'm on the go, but when I'm at home or at work I like a bigger screen, a full keyboard, a faster processor, more memory, etc.  Of course smartphones will get more powerful but I doubt any will ever have dual 22 inch monitors.