Sam Burd, global vice president of Dell PC group, shows off the XPS Duo 12, a convertible laptop-tablet design running Windows 8. The screen can be flipped around within a frame so it works as either a laptop or a tablet.
(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET)
BERLIN -- The personal computer industry has torn up the rulebook.
Intellectually, I knew it was happening, but it was only after three days of intensive technology immersion at the IFA consumer-electronics show that the magnitude of today's changes in personal computing really hit me. Here are some of the evidence that jumped out at me while at the conference:
• Risky new designs are commonplace as new ideas about portability and multitouch percolate through hardware engineering circles. PC makers are betting on novelties including detachable keyboards, touch screens, and laptop-tablet hybrids.
• Microsoft has transformed from a complacent laggard milking its Windows cash cow into a profoundly disruptive force pushing the market in new directions. Windows 8, Windows RT, and Microsoft Surface are all major departures from the status quo, and aside from Android tablets, Windows PC makers have little choice but to go along for the ride. A "Microsoft hardware" meeting room was tucked di... [Read more]
via CNET http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/NnTv/~3/3FamzU96YhU/
No comments:
Post a Comment