Improbable Insights

The personal computer evolution seems to be slowing. Apple seems to be ignoring high-end customers, 2-in-1 designs are proliferating, and the desktop PC stagnates. On the OS side, MacOS seems to be stagnating and Windows continues to be overly intrusive. What's going to happen to the PC going forward? Eric, David, and I discuss happenings in the Mac arena, what's going on with Windows, the slowdown in CPU progress, how displays have been evolving, and how storage has become the real beacon of progress in PCs. Tools I now have this teeny Maratec Extreme titanium flashlight I obtained from Massdrop. For a flashlight that uses a single AAA battery, it's hella bright, and no bigger than a lip balm stick. I also pick up a white vinyl backdrop to help improve my studio photography. Oh, and I drop a Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake processor into my PC and notice... well, not much. It runs. It's supposedly faster. I can't tell. Dave plays around with STEMTera, an Arduino breadboard that also works with Arduino Shields a