Top Ten declining IT technologies: desktop and MP3 players on the list

Sina technology news on the morning of March 13, Beijing time, according to foreign media reports today, the British IT Website V3 last week selected the top 10 sunset technologies, of which desktop, CD and floppy disk ranked among the top three, even popular MP3 music players are listed on the list.

The top 10 products are listed below:

　　1. Desktop

For many people, the desktop is ending, but it still has many advantages, so it has not been extinct. For example, quick computing, high-end graphics chips, and low costs. In addition, enterprises also have a special liking for desktops, mainly because of data protection. However, the notebook is no longer subject to performance constraints as before. The performance of the high-end notebook is comparable to that of the desktop.

　　2. CD

On the one hand, it is the rise of larger storage media such as DVDs, and on the other hand, it is the prevalence of Network music, making the survival space of CD increasingly small.

　　3. Floppy Disk

A 3.5 inch floppy disk can only store MB of data. In fact, the era of floppy disks has already ended.

　　4. handheld GPS

Such products are gradually being replaced by smartphones.

　　5. Peripheral data cable

Almost all computer peripherals require data line connections. Although the most popular wireless peripherals are mouse and keyboard, with the development of high-speed wireless data transmission technology, more and more wireless peripherals will be popularized.

　　6. FireWire (IEEE 1394)

Sunset does not necessarily mean that it is not good. FireWire is a very good technology. This technology was initially designed to make up for the slow speed of USB transmission, but with the launch of USB 2.0 or even USB 3.0, the FireWire is no longer useful.

　　7. Tape Storage

I'm afraid this product has no advantages except cheap ones.

　　8. Portable music player

The reason why MP3 and other portable music players may fall into the dark is not because they do not have a market, nor because they are stuck in development, but because of the exclusion of smartphones. As the prices and functions of mobile phones and memory cards gradually decrease, more and more people have begun to leave portable music players at home, taking only one smartphone out. IPhone Is a good example.

　　9. Wired Communication

The rapid popularization of mobile phones and the huge potential of high-speed wireless networks have had a huge impact on wired communication such as fixed telephones and fixed broadband. In the next few decades, we may be fully in the wireless communication era.

　　10. Operating System

The development of cloud computing has reduced the importance of operating systems.

 

From http://news.chinaunix.net/Enterprise/2009/1109/38191.shtml