What would expect in 2012?

While computer manufacturers design development headaches and competitive market for the new year, people start using the crooked expect much groundbreaking products and technology choices have better prices.

Of course, the product is released is about is hard to predict but the direction of the world's personal computers and technology in general as well as the impact factor will help you - a computer user products and related technologies to understand: I would expect something?

Desktop no longer a "focal point"

So far, not just HP that all the 10 manufacturers of personal computers first were planning to withdraw from the consumer PC market. This is also evident by most are fairly "hard" to the profit was only about 5%. Meanwhile, the needs, such as advertising, sales channel support ... both consume a lot of funding. Particularly in the array for enterprise computing, the budget can be offset by gains from the service providers, software ... and much more for customers. Many people said that by the end of 2012, will have at least one manufacturer of personal computers in the top 10 withdraw from the consumer market. However, most systems will still present due to the stores, or small business user self-assembly.

Besides the issue of profit, is too much trouble for the product segment of personal computers have been negative impacts on manufacturers. Floods in Thailand have pushed hard disk price - key components of personal computers to high prices and in particular cause of scarcity. Many analysts and even the leader of the manufacturers like Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba also stated that the effects of flooding on the personal computer market will also extend to the end of 2012.

From early 2010, John Herligy - online business director of Google Europe argued that mobile devices will become more important than desktop personal computers; "within three years, the computer desktop will not fit. In Japan, most recent studies were conducted for smart phones, not PCs. " The interesting thing is that 2012 is the time "fulfillment" with this comment and it seems everything is on track. In addition, the explosion of cloud computing services and related features made more central role of personal computers for years faded - the user's data stored on machines all clouds, and most everyday tasks done on the iPad or smartphone.

In fact, the trend of loss that the desktop is not much new to the story. Just stroll through a market cycle technology, you'll notice right away. The development of technology has allowed the conquered powerful laptop's desktop market share in the budget market. With nearly the same price, many users tend to choose notebooks with lower spec but offset slightly higher mobility considerably. We have enough to meet the most basic daily needs. Meanwhile, the configuration requires high computing such as gaming and professional applications will require the system highly configurable desktop or workstation - which have much higher prices.

In the tablets and ultrabook

At the top spot in the array processor products, Intel will continue to promote the development of ultrabook to achieve a 40% market share of laptops by the end 2012. Despite many skeptical comments on this end - in part because of Ultrabook price is relatively high (an average of 899USD or more). However, one thing is obvious Ultrabook laptops will reshape not only in 2012 but also in later stages. The laptop will have a longer battery life, thinner and lighter thanks to SSD integration ... However, the heavy machine line, high-current configuration will not disappear because they still meet the needs of many users need effective High in the mobile environment.

In addition, some observations also said that the ultra-portable models with detachable screen (similar to ASUS Transformer) will now get much more attention - in large part thanks to Windows 8. Previously, the series "hybrid" This operation, users can only run Windows when the machine in complete form or in the form of Android as "table". This makes data synchronization and other tasks difficult. With Windows 8, the machine will run Windows 8 x86 interface with Metro when in the form of complete and laptops running Windows 8 ARM version when in tablet mode. The uniformity of the operating system will create many great advantages. Notably, the tablet also received more support from the business in 2012.

Although laptops are still the first choice, but many entrepreneurs will recognize the need for more computer table needs of their everyday work. Currently, Apple is ahead in this market with approximately 475 out of 500 companies in the Fortune 500 are using the iPad. Itself many airlines, restaurants, shops and business is already using the iPad for everyday tasks. Part of this trend is because Google is not very successful with Android for tablet computers and their consequences are not many businesses keen on using Android. Some new reports indicate that about 37% of the Android application contains malicious code or lack of safety as that Android was pushed out of the picture of future business.

Meanwhile, IOS and its application under the tight control Apple's much safer. In fact, things may threaten iPad is a tablet with Windows 8 - especially when the operating system is tightly integrated with Intel chips. Many administrators want enterprise systems running Windows applications on Tablet PC - whether they have to rewrite a number of applications for Windows 8 and Metro interface. But this is also the "pleasant" than background and conversion to face many security threats. Many ideas from this group, which also shows they want to wait and see Windows 8 before it can provide strategies for integrating technology platform / device for his work in the next 5 years.

2012 will also receive the product range a new cheap computer table. Of course, iPad is still the superior game (and also leading the appeal) but 499 USD is slightly higher levels compared with the general. According to Creative Strategies, Apple will be able to sell over 70 million new iPad in 2012. However, Kindle ($ 199) and Nook (about 249 USD) will still find millions of customers in 2012. This will be the boom time of the tablet with predictions from many analysts agree that there will be more than 120 million computer users who own tables at the end of the year worldwide.

The crossover of ARM on both PCs
Next, regardless of whether you are using a desktop, laptop or smartphone / tablet will be subject to the influence of the ARM processor platform. The pressure during the ARM 2011 has spurred the development of Intel Atom towards the end of 2012 target for a new product line Atom processing power better while maintaining low power consumption. This is also the time when the first Atom could actually compete with ARM in the environment smartphones and tablets - which require very high power-saving capabilities. Despite the delay in the game, but Intel will certainly remain a player stunned. In addition, the inferiority of that time Intel will definitely have better policies for the Atom ever to enter this potential market.

Obviously, the presence of Windows 8 for ARM is also an interesting move in 2012. Look at any angle that clearly paved the way for Microsoft to enter the playground ARM ultraportable ultraportable computer - that Intel is trying to put up the first rankers ultrabook. In theory, the ARM to war would benefit the end users - especially at the price perspective. However, due to the traditional Windows applications will not run on x86 ARM to a multitude of applications will have to be rewritten from scratch or modify the interface to be compatible with the new platform. However, the Windows 8 itself was sufficient to support ARM caused a new movement in the application development and will certainly create a breakthrough for the PC market in 2012. Meanwhile, the impression of AMD's Fusion on a mobile platform is very faint ...

Clearly, 2012 will be one of the most exciting years of industry personal computer. For many agents of change and technology "peak" prepared release, the explosion would be possible to foresee. We can say that 2012 will be strong for changes in the general flow of the personal computer.

Many analysts also pretty sure that Apple will surpass HP to take a position in the village production of personal computers since 2012. The interesting thing is that the tablets, particularly iPad has changed the term "personal computer" in the last few years. Many reports have begun to market put on tablet PC sales - agent help Apple overcome the second position among the manufacturers in the Q3-2011 and heading straight to number one in the second half of next year.

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