Companies are fighting to turn your home into an entertainment multiplex. On June 21st, Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, launched two new lines of chips, code-named Grantsdale and Alderwood, which it says are the “most compelling” changes to the way personal computers (PCs) work in “over a decade”. From here on, claims Intel, PCs will be “all-in-one hi-fi devices”, “entertainment PCs”, and “vaults” for digital content...

Only 32% of American households with internet access polled by Parks Associates, a consumer-technology consultancy, said they were “comfortable” with their PC becoming an entertainment system. Nobody wants to watch the system reboot during a good movie.

From the article "Life in the vault " By Economist San Francisco

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