The Future of Computing

For a tech, it seems that computing could get fairly basic in the near future. Currently iOS from Apple gives iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users a closed environment for computing. Sure there's 300,000 plus applications in the app store, and some of them are down right amazing, but there is also plenty of programs on the Internet that you and I like to download. It's probably available in the app store, but if it isn't, don't plan on installing it. It's not possible on those iOS devices. Cloud storage is the latest rage. Have you seen that Google is coming out with a laptop that is based entirely on their Chrome OS. This laptop is likely to have minimal internal storage and operate primarily in a virtual state. With most of your documents, pictures, and even music being streamed from a remote (Cloud) location. Essentially this does make the OS less if not impervious of virus threats, but it also keeps your data safe. In the grand scheme of it all, its just going to limit us from what we shouldn't be doing. Copying that friends CD/DVD, downloading that torrent file that is loaded with viruses, or sending spam mail. You may not know it, but cloud computing is good for you, well, at least in theory. We'll see what the future holds with new App stores coming to MAC OS, and possibly Windows 8 turning into a virtual OS like Google Chrome OS.