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One of my favorite current-day topics is that of the potential death of the desktop PC. Regardless of the fact that I am a PC traditionalist and long time PC builder, I’m starting to get really tired of having a massive, space-eating tower sitting on or anywhere near my desk at home. iPad, please revolutionize the industry, because it’s long overdue.

For the love of God, it’s 2010. We can fit ridiculous amounts of technological goodness into an iPod Touch or an iPhone, yet we still have 2-foot tall, 2 foot deep boxes to perform the same basic functions for home computing. Hello?! How about laptops that haven’t seemingly changed much in regard to length, width, size and weight since the 90s?

The iPad has become such a hot topic because it almost looks to be somewhat like a laptop that has finally stepped into the 21st century…almost like breaking the screen off of a laptop and discarding the other heavier part. We can only hope the trend of micro-compact computing will become the new norm for home, as well. I’ll barely miss having to buy another power source or set of case fans ever again.

That’s not to say that most people aren’t sold on touchscreen technology yet, outside of the smartphone realm.  I’m not sure if I can ever give up a tangible QWERTY keyboard, and there are undoubtedly many others who would agree. The main topic here, however, is how the iPad is going to be an impressive little device, with a big emphasis on “little.” This is the first time (maybe the second…sans those “PCs in a monitor”) that we’ll be seeing something with decent computing power that doesn’t take up 1/5^th of your desk space or make the noise of a wind tunnel when running.

Regardless if you’re in the “I hate Apple” crowd or vice-versa, let’s all hope this new device turns the industry on its head – the PC market needs miniaturization, and this just might be the first step!