Leading IBM designer, Dr. Mark Dean uses a tablet PC instead of a PC for his main technology needs and proclaims that the Personal Computer is dead.
For the 30th Anniversary of IBM Personal Computer, Mark Dean wrote in a blog post that as one of the twelve engineers of the first PC, he was proud that IBM sold its PC division to Lenovo back in 2005, and that the company was fully integrated into the post-PC era.
“I, personally, have moved beyond the PC as well. My primary computer now is a tablet. When I helped design the PC, I didn’t think I’d live long enough to witness its decline. But, while PCs will continue to be much-used devices, they’re no longer at the leading edge of computing. They’re going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs.”
“PCs are being replaced at the center of computing not by another type of device—though there’s plenty of excitement about smart phones and tablets—but by new ideas about the role that computing can play in progress,” he added.
Dean talked about IBM’s main strategy today which is to leave commodity business and expand into higher-value growing markets. He emphasized the role that IBM is playing in research and development, investing $6 billion a year, and mentioned the Watson computer robot which recently won at Jeopardy against two of its highest champions.
“Today, IBM brings value to customers and society through an integrated family of businesses and technologies. We conduct fundamental scientific research, design some of the world’s most advanced chips and computers, provide software that companies and governments run on, and offer business consulting, IT services and solutions that enable our clients to transform themselves continuously, just like we do,” wrote Deanfor TABLET PC REVIEW.
He said that IBM’s transformation brought about positive results for the company. In 2004, the pre-tax income margin was 11.1 percent, and last year that number reached 18.9 percent.
For the 30th Anniversary of IBM Personal Computer, Mark Dean wrote in a blog post that as one of the twelve engineers of the first PC, he was proud that IBM sold its PC division to Lenovo back in 2005, and that the company was fully integrated into the post-PC era.
“I, personally, have moved beyond the PC as well. My primary computer now is a tablet. When I helped design the PC, I didn’t think I’d live long enough to witness its decline. But, while PCs will continue to be much-used devices, they’re no longer at the leading edge of computing. They’re going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs.”
“PCs are being replaced at the center of computing not by another type of device—though there’s plenty of excitement about smart phones and tablets—but by new ideas about the role that computing can play in progress,” he added.
Dean talked about IBM’s main strategy today which is to leave commodity business and expand into higher-value growing markets. He emphasized the role that IBM is playing in research and development, investing $6 billion a year, and mentioned the Watson computer robot which recently won at Jeopardy against two of its highest champions.
“Today, IBM brings value to customers and society through an integrated family of businesses and technologies. We conduct fundamental scientific research, design some of the world’s most advanced chips and computers, provide software that companies and governments run on, and offer business consulting, IT services and solutions that enable our clients to transform themselves continuously, just like we do,” wrote Deanfor TABLET PC REVIEW.
He said that IBM’s transformation brought about positive results for the company. In 2004, the pre-tax income margin was 11.1 percent, and last year that number reached 18.9 percent.
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