The Future? (Score 1)

Mac with OS X, IMHO, would be the perfect computing platform (TM) -- a result of the convergence of many core technologies (GUI, Unix ports etc etc) of the past 20 years, since the first "personal computer" (opinions may differ which was "the" first PC ...) Unfortunately, I see this as the end of the road as well (because it's perfect!) How about this: the "micro" computer 10 years from now will have (realistically) 1000 times more computing power made possible by having multiple processor unit on the same chip and multiple chip on the same motherboard. (Or any innovation other than flat 2D motherboard?) But who's going to be THE company capable of doing all this (think about the complexity in managing 1000 processors fighting for an unknown amount of memory)? My bet is still IBM, like it or not, the parent of the ubiquitous PC as we know it today ... (Is this an anticlimax to the debut of Star Wars Episode II or what? We are only talking about *1000* times more computing power in your average *beige* box??)"