It’s safe to assume most everybody reading this right now has, or has had a desktop PC at some point. After all, they are what most people think of when “computer” is mentioned. But has the advancement of new technology like the laptop, iPhone, iPad, Google’s Android OS, and so on made the desktop PC irrelevant?

The answer is simply NO.

People’s reliance on the old and familiar will trump any kind of new advancement a company like Apple may make in the portable area. There are and always will be people who refuse to, or simply can’t wrap their mind around a touch screen or a smaller, more compact screen. For example, hardcore gamers will never abandon their trusty desktop they’ve had and been upgrading since the days of Quake and Unreal for that optimal gaming experience.

The desktop is familiar, effective, and nowadays, inexpensive. Not to mention you can’t beat its muscle power. As advanced as Apple’s A4 processor may be or become, there’s no beating a custom built Intel i7 Sandy Bridge with the graphics chip to back it up.

Yes, we have microchips, we have microprocessors, and they can certainly get the job done. But the desktop is, was and always will be the powerhouse computer everyone knows and loves. Perhaps there is a future where everything will be wireless, integrated, and portable- we’re almost there now. So long as there are computers, the desktop will always serve as the standard in personal computing.