Today, mobile portable devices such as smartphones and tablets are getting hotter. Traditional laptops and desktops are no longer the main focus of attention on CES. However, this does not affect the new generation of notebook computers is becoming lighter and thinner, and the battery life is longer, and the emergence of Windows 8 has prompted many laptops and all-in-ones to start with touch screens.
With the gradual popularity of tablet PCs, coupled with Windows 8, which supports touch, many manufacturers have introduced a variety of variant notebooks. However, although it has been more than a year since the birth of the first variant, it seems that various manufacturers are still exploring the best form of combining notebooks and tablets.
In the past few CES, there have been many compelling new concepts and products such as Ultrabook, Touch Screen and Windows 8, hybrid devices and tablets. I am afraid there will be no more in this CES. A new concept, and the attention of manufacturers will turn to how to optimize existing products and designs, and consumers also hope to see new and better products as soon as possible.
From the past years, the CES after the end of the holiday is not the main product release platform for major PC manufacturers, so heavyweight products like Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo will not be officially released after CES.
Chromebook laptop
Although the Chromebook got a good market response after the launch, it is worth noting that this is mainly due to the relatively low price of the Chromebook and the promotion of the Chromebook by Google. Considering that PCs and Macs are still the first choice for people to buy laptops, if you want to make Chromebooks the main model for consumers, then the way people use laptops must change dramatically. And if Google can't do this, will the Chromebook be just a 2.0 version of the netbook?
Deformation
After Microsoft introduced Windows 8 in the fall of 2012, it has played an important role in every wave of newly listed laptops. The emergence of Windows 8 with support for touch has also inspired manufacturers of a variety of innovative designs. With these creative variants, there is no doubt that PC makers are hoping to take advantage of the popularity of the tablet market to drive sales of notebooks.
After more than a year of market screening, I believe that with this CES as the starting point, there will not be too many new designs for the variants in 2014. From the current products on the market, whether it is the use of keyboard and screen detachable design, or flip, fold or slide design, is to achieve the transformation of traditional laptops to tablets, and only after market testing, can finally Determine which design is most feasible. However, we can give a possible prediction based on the current product: almost all successful PC flat-panel hybrid devices can be transformed into flat panels based on the traditional notebook form, such as the Lenovo Yoga series.
Steambox and living room PC
Today's desktop computers have gradually been replaced by more space-saving all-in-ones, and the only important desktop console released this year is Apple's new Mac Pro. Although the living room entertainment market is currently dominated by game consoles such as Xbox One and PlayStaTIon 4, with more powerful performance, the living room entertainment market still has certain demand for PCs.
As the pioneer of the PC's entry into the living room, Valve's Steambox has launched a test model. This PC, which is about the size of a game console, can be connected to a TV, and the unique gamepad can fill the gap between the PC and the console game. The Steambox is powered by Valve's own Steam OS operating system, which allows users to enjoy the many games on the Steam platform.
The first Steambox from the PC manufacturer will be unveiled at this year's CES, officially kicking off the PC to enter the living room entertainment market.
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