Are all in one PCs and touch screen monitors the future?

[frostedone]

I was at Best Buy yesterday and noticed that almost all of their PCs were those touch screen all in one computers. No tower, everything was built into the screen.

Is this the way of the future? I still have a tower PC with an external monitor.

Can the touch screen PCs be upgraded in the future? Like RAM, CPU, and GPU, or are you stuck? Also what about alternate monitors, can you hook it up to an alternate monitor?

Is this what Windows 8 will cater to? I don't know about you but I am still more comfortable with a mouse and keyboard then with inaccurate hand gestures.

 

[chulex67]

Well, Windows 8 Is Coming Out in Q4 of this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p92QfWOw88I

As you Can see its gonna be touch. Its More oriented to Mainstream Users like our moms and sisters that only use Facebook,Youtube,Netflix,Hulu, Etc.

But also i See myself in the future using one of these ALL IN ONE babys, Why? well Check this website:

http://www.onlive.com/

So now they Will Stream My Games to My pc, And the Only thing i need is a Good Internet Speed, it Dosent matter that my Pc is shitty iam gonna be able to play BF3 in a Tablet in 2 or 3 Years.

So.. Is it Time to get an All in One? No.

Is this the Future? Yes.

 

[Outlander_04]

No they are not

Touch will never be the primary interface for productivity tasks .
Makes a decent living room appliance though

 

[frostedone]

What exactly is Onlive? Is it streaming a game to your PC using the internet? For instance all of the actual computing is done on their servers and you can they run a game on Max settings form a mid/low rand pc?

Would you then no longer own the game though?