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THE DESKTOP AND THE TABLET: WHICH IS THE LEADING

COMPUTER?

INTRO

• Which would rather use?• A desktop?• A tablet?• What would you use them for?• Would they work for your purposes?• Would you be able to afford them?• Would either of them last?

DESKTOP COMPUTER

Keyboard and mouse for inputMonitor for outputComputer holds rest of hardwareAll-in-one (Holds all hardware in monitor)

TABLET

• Hardware within monitor• Touchscreen for input and output• Processor is main software• Portable• Customizable

HISTORY OF DESKTOP (ALTO)

• Alto by Xerox Parc had graphical user interface, bit-mapped high resolution screen, large and external memory storage, mouse, specifically designed software• Had a high price, sold in 1981

HISTORY OF DESKTOP (ALTAIR 8800 AND COMPETITORS)

• Sold in 1974-75• Input with toggle switches, output by LEDs• Followed by Imsai 8080 by IMS Associates, used

same bus structure• M6800 Computer kit from SouthWest Technical

Products Company sold better • Price and cheap peripheral kits

HISTORY OF DESKTOP (APPLE PRODUCTS)

• Apple II had color graphics, extensive software, and cheap floppy disks• Macintosh also successful• Apple Lisa failed due to programs that were too

complex and too pricey

HISTORY OF DESKTOP (GAMING DESKTOPS)

• Atari 400 and 800 failed due to being designed specifically for games• Commodore 64 could be a gaming system and a

business system• Became best-selling personal computer of all

time

HISTORY OF DESKTOP (STANDARDIZATION)

• MS-DOS from Micro-Soft• Used by IBM PC in 1981• Mac OS developed by Apple• Worked to use icons and graphic displays

HISTORY OF TABLET (DYNABOOK)

• Concept by Alan Kay• Would connect wirelessly to centralized

information storages, would learn from info• Size of notepad, with hardware keyboard at the

bottom and screen at top• Touch-sensitive, could move with user

HISTORY OF TABLETS (EARLY TABLETS)

• RAND tablet and Digital Graphic 15 used a stylus and restricted to wired connections• Apple Graphics Tablet in 1979 was more portable

and cheaper, used wired stylus pen to transfer info to computer• GRiDPAD ran MS-DOS, cost 3000 dollars

HISTORY OF TABLETS (LATER TABLETS)

• GRiD created Tandy Zoomer, was smaller, considered a Personal Digital Assistant along with the Apple Newton MessagePad• Tablets still failed due to high prices, challenge of

getting the stylus to work, and in the PepperPad’s case lack of power

HISTORY OF TABLETS (SUCCESS)

• Amazon Kindle in 2007 ran similar OS to desktops• Apple iPad released in 2010• Samsung Galaxy Tab• Motorola Xoom• Cheaper, faster, efficient and customizable

COMPARING HISTORIES

• Price, Purpose, and Standardization• Desktop and Tablet both sold well once affordable• Customization helped both become marketable,

but tablets are used by one person, desktops by a family• Standardization helps desktops more with

applications, but tablets are becoming more standardized

COMPARING DESKTOP AND TABLET

• Flash is not on all tablets, but some web sites run faster on tablets• Many find keyboards easier to touchscreens due

to familiarity• Processing is faster on desktop• Desktop applications are usually backwards-

compatible, but efficiency is not always consistent• Battery life for tablets• Tablets are more customizable

CAN THEY WORK TOGETHER?

• Dockable tablet• Desktop virtualization• Separate OSs (Windows 8)

FUTURE

• Cloud Computing• What happens to the desktop when the tablet can

get power from the Cloud?• Problems?

CONCLUSION (WHAT SHOULD THE CONSUMER DO)

• The tablet is dominant, but the desktop for now will exist as a backup/alternative• How much is the consumer willing to pay?• What software?• How to connect?• Who will use it?• Is a printer required?• Size?• Will something replace both of them?

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (CONT)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (CONT)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (CONT)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (CONT)

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