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Wednesday January 05, 2005

The quest for the simple desktop...

Having been through the pain of setting up friends and family PCs (see earlier blog) I really do wish somebody would hurry up and crack the 'thin client device as a service' problem. Wouldn't it be nice if you could just rent a desktop for a fixed £££ a month.

I know it wouldn't be appealing to us super techy types but a simple laptop style wireless device that does email, calendar, addresses, web browsing, music, video and games and is easy to use can't be beyond the wit of mankind to produce, make profitable and good quality proposition.

I simply can't see the general public putting up with phishing, virii, constant upgrades, security problems and errant hardware for much longer. My wife made comment that she doesn't have to put up with her washing machine or microwave deciding to stop working for no apparent reason every so often, so why should the computer be so different?

Obviously, not being in the IT profession so doesn't realise how totally unreasonable it is to ask for something to actually be reliable and dependable....

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