[0xDECAFBAD] I’ve already ditched a central desktop computer, and sometimes this makes me feel like I’m living in the future. I used to have a machine that I used for everything— network services, web browsing, email, IM, file storage, movies, games, et al. However, slowly but surely, all the things this one machine used to do for me are being split off into simpler, dedicated devices. It’s like all the internal organs of my old PC are being splattered throughout our apartment.
Leslie Michael Orchard ponders on the relationship between appliances and computers, and how homes will eventually have multiple task-specific embedded devices instead of a central computer.
I totally agree with Leslie on where things are going. Based on the work I've been doing on the home network over the last week, I can easily see moving away from the PC and just using a laptop that talks to my file server. My Tivo and Media Center boxes already are talking to it for streaming of audio/video/photos, so what's one more?
I also broke down and ordered an Asus WL-HDD case to give its NAS capabilities a whirl.
Funny enough, the only thing preventing me from completely dumping the home machine: An easy way to use dual monitors when at my desk (why let 2 18" LCD's go to waste?)
