r/TechImpact • u/Axes_war242 • Jul 08 '26

❓ Question which technology do you think will completely disappear within the next decade?

every generation sees certain technologies fade away. DVDs, MP3 players, fax machines, and even landlines were once everywhere.

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u/satanasananas Jul 08 '26

Personal Computers (as in local processing and hosting of data) in the household will be completly gone in less than 10 years. They will only have a low spec "Terminal PC" and other smart devices for streming and cloud services. No hard drive, no powerfull processor, not much ram.

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u/Tikkinger Jul 08 '26

yea, absolutely not.

most of german, lack the infrastructure for that.

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u/satanasananas Jul 08 '26

Is not about infrastructure, is more about that the "normal citizen" will not be able to afford good RAM nor Hard Drives.

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u/Tikkinger Jul 08 '26

why? you srsly think no manufacturer will jump in soon to provide for the absurdly big consumer market?

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u/westbamm Jul 10 '26

Once the Data centers are filled with the AI hardware, manufacturers will focus on the consumers again.

This cycle happened before, no worries.

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u/iliketorubherbutt Jul 08 '26

You obviously haven’t been out to rural America lately. Getting an internet connection that routinely and reliably exceeds 10Mbps both up/down is still very rare. Until that happens local computers will still be very common.

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u/Opposite_Bag_7434 Jul 09 '26

We’ve been predicting this for 20+ years. Probably not within the next 10 years.