Hello, gorgeous! Meet the laptop you’ll use in 2015
Checkout this March 2008 Computerworld article (online) describing the laptops we’ll all be using in 2015. I love these futurism articles. Does anyone go back and see how close to reality they were? I’ll set my alarm clock and watch and come back to this article to see just how much they got right! Only 7 more years to go!
A lot has changed in the 20 years since the first laptop computers appeared, including gigahertz processors, color screens, optical drives and wireless data. However, one thing that has stubbornly stayed the same is the conventional clamshell format with its hinged display lid that opens to reveal a mechanical keyboard.
That’s about to change. The rules of notebook design and the components that go inside are being rewritten to make the road a better place to work and play.
The CPU’s front-side bus will likely disappear by 2015. The bus acts like a traffic cop, sending data to the different parts of the system at a slower speed than the computational core. In its place will be an integrated controller that makes this distribution of data much more efficient by operating faster.
Currently, adding 64GB of solid state capacity to a notebook’s hard drive runs an extra $1,000. By 2015, the typical mainstream notebook could be outfitted with a 2TB hard disk drive, which should be plenty of room for even the biggest data hog, the experts speculated. For smaller and lighter machines, look to having something like 250GB of flash memory at your disposal, but it will likely come at a small premium.
