Enterprise Technologies Will Change the Consumer PC Market

[ Thanks to Paul Shread for this link. ]

"High-end technologies tend to move down market over time — along with their pricing — and I believe these will be no different. In this case, these new technologies have the potential to address an age-old problem for the home user that is getting worse over time.

"PC Upgrades and Data Migration Problems
One of the biggest problems for home PC users is migration of data to new systems. Most consumers get new computers every three to five years. During that period, the amount of data they amass from cameras, video, music and everything else increases fairly dramatically. Getting that data from one system to another is no easy task. You can use USB, Ethernet or some other method, but it can be a slow process."

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