The deal is a portent of the arrival of what is being popularly referred to as the post-PC computing era, a world in which the personal computer is displaced by an expanding array of digital cellular phones, personal digital assistants, Webpads, which are tablet-style computers, and other appliance-like devices.
If one uses the 2-D Fourier transform in the solution of the coupled-mode equations, the computation power required for performing such a characterization on a personal computer is prohibitively large.
The personal computer is going the way of the dinosaur.
Zittrain's real worry is that "the personal computer is dead".
A glitch on your personal computer is irritating.
Building the chemical equivalent of a personal computer is clearly still a few years away.
The price of a personal computer is down only 40% but it is far more powerful.
This does not mean that the personal computer is about to disappear.
Unfortunately, a personal computer is not well designed for reliable presentation of artifact-free video.
A personal computer is made of components from dozens of countries.
The personal computer is still in its first decade as a widely used technology.
