In the future, computers will be accepted by everybody as commonplace items. You might think that they are already commonplace, but you ain't seen nothin' yet.

Smaller and faster computers will control more of our lives. We have already seen this with the simplistic computer chip in our wristwatch. Are you old enough to remember winding your expensive wristwatch?

Watches with computer chips are so commonplace that we give them no thought. We don't even bother with them unless we have to change from summer time to winter time - or back again.

Size and power are not all. Computers of the future will also be invisible. They will be tucked away so that they will not be noticed.

Furthermore, they will not require maintenance. True, they will break down. However, they will be like wristwatches - so cheap and so easy to replace and discard that it won't be worth fixing them.

True, some people still have very expensive wristwatches. However, the rest of us manage with cheap watches that look fine and keep time quite well. When the watch does not work properly for any reason, or even if the watchband or battery need replacing, the entire watch may be replaced.

Computers of the future will also be replaced as quickly and as easily as today's watches.