Comments on: Why the death of the modern desktop is greatly exaggerated http://www.mkjones.co.uk/technology/why-the-death-of-the-modern-desktop-is-greatly-exaggerated Michael Kimb Jones - Weblog and other nice things... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:21:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: modern desktop http://www.mkjones.co.uk/technology/why-the-death-of-the-modern-desktop-is-greatly-exaggerated#comment-10783 modern desktop Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:54:06 +0000 http://www.mkjones.co.uk/blog/technology/why-the-death-of-the-modern-desktop-is-greatly-exaggerated#comment-10783 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Leo http://www.mkjones.co.uk/technology/why-the-death-of-the-modern-desktop-is-greatly-exaggerated#comment-4076 Leo Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:33:50 +0000 http://www.mkjones.co.uk/blog/technology/why-the-death-of-the-modern-desktop-is-greatly-exaggerated#comment-4076 Interesting response, Michael. I'm the author of the Firefox OS article, and as I said in the article, my needs are simpler than most (intentionally so). I only do a little photo editing, maybe once every 2-3 days, and for that I use GIMP. So, you're right, for some power-intensive needs, the online software I mentioned won't work -- at least not yet. The intention of my article wasn't to say that the desktop OS is dead, but to stir up a discussion that it is becoming less relevant each year. I think eventually it won't be necessary. As for Vista, I'm not sold. It seems too bloated and power-hungry for an OS, and all the extra features they've added don't seem necessary to me. I just want to be able to do my job without distraction, and Vista doesn't give me that simple, usable interface. I prefer Linux or even XP. Good post, though. Thanks for adding to the discussion. Interesting response, Michael. I’m the author of the Firefox OS article, and as I said in the article, my needs are simpler than most (intentionally so). I only do a little photo editing, maybe once every 2-3 days, and for that I use GIMP. So, you’re right, for some power-intensive needs, the online software I mentioned won’t work — at least not yet. The intention of my article wasn’t to say that the desktop OS is dead, but to stir up a discussion that it is becoming less relevant each year. I think eventually it won’t be necessary.

As for Vista, I’m not sold. It seems too bloated and power-hungry for an OS, and all the extra features they’ve added don’t seem necessary to me. I just want to be able to do my job without distraction, and Vista doesn’t give me that simple, usable interface. I prefer Linux or even XP.

Good post, though. Thanks for adding to the discussion.

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