It's already arrived. The "I don't care what OS you have, as long as you have a reasonable browser" era.
The browser is the new windows.
- Play your music online?
- Play your video game online?
- Type papers online? And no, google apps don't quite cut it :P
- Watch a dvd online?
- Do your taxes (in a Turbotax) fashion online?
Well, none of the above, really. So, whoops! Guess the browser isn't the next operating system!
Yeah, provided you have the bandwidth. If you don't, any OS has music management software.
> Play your video game online?
You got me there - not yet. Half life doesn't work in Flash.
> Type papers online? And no, google apps don't quite cut it :P
You can, but if you don't want to, any OS has productivity software.
> Watch a dvd online?
Yes.
> Do your taxes (in a Turbotax) fashion online?
Yes.
And you can't type papers online. Google apps are so crippled.
You can't watch a dvd online last time I checked...
...And I know of no way to do (Turbotax style) taxes online.
It depends what you mean by DVD. If you're talking about a physical DVD, then obviously no you can't. If you mean play the movie/tv show, then yes obviously you can.
Video games, I've not been a PC gamer for a long time, so a wii makes sense for that, although there are a few good games being written for the browser.
Google apps works well enough...
Sure you can watch DVDs online... I watch TV shows etc in my browser.
Seriously, for most people there is no need for desktop apps anymore.