Within a decade, people may no longer use distinct laptops, netbooks, or tablets, according to a prediction by Intel. V3.co.uk reports Rama Skukla, VP of Intel's architecture group, as saying:
The lines between a netbook, laptop and tablet are disappearing faster than designers today realise. It's going to be very difficult to see where one device goes and the next one takes off.
We're starting to see the lines becoming blurred already, with more powerful tablets that dock into laptop-like keyboards, laptops getting even smaller and thinner and more portable, and netbooks straddling the line between both.
Skukla also said that graphics performance on mobile chips will advance by a factor of 12 in the next four years.
It's incredible to think how rapidly technology is advancing, and exciting to (try to) imagine the kinds of gadgets and devices we'll be using in the next few years.
What do you think? Will multi-purpose computing devices replace the laptops and tablets we use now?
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