CES 2010 has passed. After a week of close observation, what I can say is, CES 2010 is the starting point of the Fall of Wintel Empire.
Wintel, traditional desktop PC approach, is still there. It still grows (while gradually) but it is "not important as before." The golden age of Wintel, 90s and 2000s, is now gone.
CES 2010 exhibitors show us the alternative choices of Wintel approach. In term of processor, we have ARM and Atom beside of traditional desktop processors. For form factor, traditional PCs are eclipsed by netbooks, eReaders, tablets, slates, PMPs, MIDs, game consoles and smartphones. And on the software front, Windows does not dominate anymore, thanks for the incarnation of Linux-driven OS, specifically Android, webOS, Maemo and Moblin. Apple OS X lines and Symbian are also counted.
What I also need to say is: Intel's own Atom and Microsoft's Xbox/Windows Mobile are competitors of Wintel approach as well. The vision of a computer on every desk and in every home is now completed. Let the new era begin.
