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"Google Search runs on a giant server farm. It won't really make a huge impact until it can run on a single PC."

Can you explain why your argument is valid, but the one above isn't?

I would say that Google Search is only useful to the majority of people when it's searching across an index of the entire web. This scale is likely not achievable at the desktop scale. On the other hand, the algorithm itself (though evolving) has been around for years.

I view Google Search as a less complex algorithm over a larger set of data, while Watson is a more complex algorithm over a smaller set of data. (I've been known to be wrong ;-)

Mostly just that IBM's Watson is so very different then google search. That said you are right, there isn't much of my point that isn't invalidated when you include the ability to exchange data through the internet. Not everyone needs a Watson at home for it to be personable either, they just need IBM to save their personal settings, etc.

I suppose I was just imagining a world where everyone has their own Watson at home and not served through the web.

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