Right, but it is other stuff where new performance will allow changes. Say things like very fast SSD combined with filesystems snapshot technology for near instantaneous backups, next generation LAN technology for super fast SANs and fast SSD for local caching for better collaboration and content storage, speed of working with video, we are already largely at the point where PCIe 3/NVMe drives completely remove any effort needed for storage optimization. Just throw everything on one or more of those drives and most users should be set, especially with disk cache as well.
We may be at a turning point in the computer/tech industry. The competition and economic side of this is really fascinating, NVMe SSDs are already fallen to quite affordable costs, AMD is already been dragging down some CPU costs, yet the market has some supply issues that keeps prices high. Some folks expect Apple to make a jump at some time and do an ARM based Mac, converge iOS and macOS more, etc. their rumored frustration with Intel CPU thermal and supply issues and own high volume Arm CPU contract manufacturing capability etc. and while there are lots of threats and competition I would not discount Intel and how they will respond... Only the Paranoid Survive (good Andy Grove/Intel book to read for folks interested in the computer industry).
And again the thing I most want to see now in new Windows PCs is USB 4 with Thunderbolt 3 support. That should lead to better audio interface/driver support, focus on low-latency improvements etc. maybe give Avid more flexibility for a replacement for a managed migration off DigiLink etc. Intel Ice Lake with integrated Thunderbolt 3, also announced at Computex and available later this year, is hopefully a step in that direction.
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