The mainframe computer debuted in the 1960s.  These machines were very simple in nature, but took up an entire room and required a tremendous amount of power.  I’m sure the engineers behind them never would have imagined that the same technology would become a commodity and also end up in the palm of a person’s hand. The smartphone, and certainly now the tablet, have changed the way business is done. Subsequently, now that Internet availability is so common, it’s hard to imagine that the desktop would potentially be rendered unnecessary.

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