Mobile is the new PC and AArch64 is the new x64

[Neia Neutuladh]

On Sunday, 16 September 2018 at 10:25:30 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
> Because for about £300 you can get an intel NUC system with 
> 120GB SSD, which is more powerful and more upgradeable than 
> your £700 mobile device. And some people still want that.

For the typical person, it's more likely that they'll get a 
laptop and replace the whole thing at once instead of upgrading. 
And a new rise of convergence devices would reduce laptop 
ownership.

Better network connectivity and cloud-based gaming would erode 
another segment of powerful personal computers. That could also 
impact things like content editing -- Adobe Creative Cloud might 
actually be entirely cloud-based eventually. Which is a mild 
improvement in that you wouldn't need a good computer to run 
Premiere Pro, but a large problem for actually being able to 
access your data and products you've purchased. It angers both 
the EFF and digital archivists.

Anyway, it's at least moderately plausible that, thirty years 
from now, desktop computers will be considered specialized gear.