tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15346558.post3612439838603824214..comments2023-10-20T01:31:06.725-07:00Comments on Mac's Thoughts: Thoughts on "computer services" replacing "computer hardware"Mac Nolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086101163818736928noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15346558.post-86207152092978055532008-05-10T16:22:00.000-07:002008-05-10T16:22:00.000-07:00Scooter, I don't think you're seeing the light. Y...Scooter, I don't think you're seeing the light. Yes, old hardware, used for art would be gone, but just think of all the time savings. No need to drag that old dog up to your parent's cabin and get it setup. Everyone would have their personal devices (i.e. their computer), which by the way, would be online.<BR/><BR/>I hope you make it to my service-centric future as I want to make fun of you as you drag around that metal box, which they currently call a laptop, in a roller case.Mac Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086101163818736928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15346558.post-64890742189115315682008-05-09T14:07:00.000-07:002008-05-09T14:07:00.000-07:00I have a love/hate relationship with services. Su...I have a love/hate relationship with services. Sure, they drive ease of use and new functionality but, on the other hand, service providers have a motive not to support old models. The use case comes to mind where I use a computer effectively forever, or Irepurpose the hell out of it, moving it from my primary machine, to my patched but serviceable primary machine, to my secondary machine, to my wife's primary machine, to my parents' cabin machine, to my father-in-law's print server, to art project for someone doing tech art (take a look at the machine running those bubble tubes at the Science Museum). If computers were services, I'd probably have to pay a minimum monthly fee for that use over the entire life of that activity, not to mention I'd be paying a minimum monthly fee that likely reflected a minimum standard higher than what I really needed, and that may pay for their own services at some standardized add-on rate (as opposed to my ability to simply turn off my power).<BR/><BR/>Of course Ryan is just going to drive over me and my bike with his car and then it won't matter, because I'll never make it to your service-centric future.Scooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07264667176243327560noreply@blogger.com