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Post-PC world - Is Steve Jobs just another end-of-the-(PC) world prophet?


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#1 Michael Pietroforte

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Posted 27 April 2011 - 02:08 AM

Steve Jobs foretells a post-PC world in the near future. Is he an ingenious analyst or a false prophet?

In my last post, I tried to clarify what Steve Jobs actually means when he is predicting the post-PC world. Today, I will outline my opinion about his claim.

The term “post PC” is as old as the PC itself. The list of failed attempts to replace the PC with something better is getting longer and longer: network computers, web browsers, Java, thin clients, NeXT computers, Sun workstations, Macs, virtual desktops, etc. The list is certainly incomplete. You might remember a few more PC contenders. And if we are talking about replacing Windows on desktop computers, you can add a few operating systems that tried to challenge the PC world in vain: OS/2, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, SCO Unix, etc.

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