The End of the Desktop

For the first time since I was 12 years old, there is no longer a desktop personal computer in my house. I have the last desktop machines in my car to go to the electronics recycling even as I type this on a laptop. There are no stand-alone monitors, and also no keyboards with wires to plug into anything.

We’ve moved on. Now we have three laptops, four tablets, an e-reader, a phablet, and a smart phone. The amount of computing power in any of these new devices dwarfs that found in the old towers.

It’s an eerie feeling knowing that there is no desktop humming softly somewhere, no green power light staring devotedly in the darkness, no buzz of fans. It’s been replaced with the glowing lights of the cable modem standing sentinal over all internet connectivity, fearlessly guarding our route to internet freedom.

Just another sign of the times…