3. The Future of Computers: No
More Moving Parts and Faster
than Ever?
The time when our laptops and
desktops will no longer have
inadequate moving parts is soon upon
us.
4. No longer will we be hassled by
bottlenecked systems because of slow
hard drives, and no longer will we have
to hear fans kick on and off when
systems become a bit too warm, just to
name a few.
5. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Well, this time
may only be a few years away, with
some of these parts already in the
making for wide distribution.
Here is what you can expect will be
the future of computers in just a few
years time:
6. Future of Computers | Solid
State Drives will be the
Standard
What is a solid state drive? It’s basically
a USB flash drive, only it can store much
more data and has faster read and
write speeds.
7. It simpler terms, rather than a
conventional hard drive that use a
spinning disk to read data that takes a
very long time to read and write, a solid
state drive can do these tasks almost
instantaneously.
8. Currently, solid state drives are much
more expensive when compared to
hard drives, but as technology
improves, we should see the price even
out a bit. The only reason why SSDs
haven’t taken off is because of the
price.
9. Future of Computers | Internal Fans
will be Replaced by Silent and More
Effective Airflow Devices
We’ve already seen this technology
used in Dyson fans, where air is drawn
in and accelerated using extremely
efficient means, so it’s safe to assume
that this will eventually be seen in
devices that need efficient and effective
cooling methods.
10. Rather than clunky fans that kick off
and on constantly, as well as create
unsettling noise and use up a bit too
much power for their task, we’ll just
see circular openings where fans once
were with air acceleration
technology, just without spinning
blades.
11. Future of Computers | More Power!
We’ve seen amazing increases in both
performance and reliability in
computers, so it really is quite obvious
to assume that we’ll see computers
that really push the boundaries of
technology in a few years.
12. While computers already do this
today, we’ll see an even greater
push. For instance, we’ll see six-core
processors take over four-core
processors; we’ll see at least 8GB of
DDR3 RAM becoming the standard; and
we’ll see graphics cards with
substantially higher clock speeds and
video RAM totals.
13. Future of Computers | Dual-Purpose
Operating Systems will Become
Standard
By dual-purpose, I mean Windows and
Mac OS X will be interchangeable
between laptops, desktops, tablets and
smartphones.
14. We’re already seeing this with
Windows 8 in the making, as it will be
able to function flawlessly on tablets
and PCs alike, but we’ll see a much
better grasp of this concept.
15. This also means that we’ll finally see
tablets that can compete with
computers in terms of power and
functionality, with computers going
above-and-beyond tablets.