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Why the PC of 2019 won't be that different to the PC of today (or the PC of yesteryear)

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http://www.zdnet.com – As Confucius said many moons ago, ’study the past if you would define the future.’ So, to figure out what computing might be like in ten years or so, look at what computing was like ten or so years ago and look at what the changes we’ve seen. (General)

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