From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Rich wrote:
>    You are being rediculous.

Yeah just as MS was being ridiculous with it's view wrt toy computers known
as "IBM PC Compatibles"


> Does your smartphone even support a large external disk?

No reason why not.


> A terrabyte external disk and exclosure is much larger than a phone and
requires an external power supply.

&? Does your laptop have a terrabyte disk or is 1 TB limited to desktop
machines i.e. those with an "external power supply"? If so then a
docking station is a docking station whether for a phone or a laptop.


>  That is assuming it will even work.  Again, even with USB 2.0 on a phone it
doesn't make it a PC.

Indeed not just as USB2 on a PC does not make it an AIX server.

However the phone is already a personal computer, it's just not "IBM
PC compatible".

>
>    Your reference to mirror bit may be interesting but it is off topic.
>  A phone doesn't have the RAM of a PC and it does make a difference.
>

Indeed just as a lack of RAM made a difference wrt the PC. Who needs more than 640K ?

>    We weren't talking about your music habits.

Most MP3'es used to require a PC to play them. Now most MP3'es are not
played on a PC.

Equally most homes on broadband now have some little device which manages
the connection inc firewall, routing, port mapping etc thus lifting that
burden from the PC.

> I believe you believe your phone is a PC replacement when you and your family
get rid of your PCs.

Why get rid of? There is going to be a need for a "home server".
It may well be a more laptop tech based device than your std
tower/mini-tower etc std PC.

> I'm not talking 5 years from now.

Oh I am. I think 5 years will come in 3 as per usual.


>  I think we can both agree that the power of small form factor devices like
phones will continue to increase.

Hurrah.

> Phones won't become PCs but phones will likely be able to be docked in a
manner so that the docked combination is PC like.
>

I am just about to post an example on this thread.

Adam

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