In April 2012, Avram's son was born. This got him thinking about what technology and related industries we were using at the moment that his son would never use, or would never be a part of his normal life. Obviously, with Avram's job, there was always the possibility that these things would be around, but not because it's normal. As his birthday approaches, as does the 25th anniversary of Tom's Hardware, Avram looks back on the reality of his predictions.

Some of the predictions were pretty spot on. For example, Avram predicted no reliance on wired internet connections. Very few devices in their home use a wired internet connection. Thanks to advances like Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E, wireless speed and stability have gotten to the point where they are nearly on par with Ethernet. There are places for a wired connection, such as our studios, but for standard home use, Ethernet is mostly a thing of the past.

The same goes for point-and-shoot cameras. Today, most people's phones have cameras that are nearly as good if not better than these handheld cameras. In fact, phone cameras are quickly replacing even DSLRs for many uses, such as in Avram's daily life at Tom's Hardware. Of course, for content creators, particularly video, standalone cameras will continue to be an important part, but for consumers, phones are the way forward.

Unfortunately, Avram missed the mark on slow-booting computers. He had predicted that computers would get to the point of instant-on, like we usually see with the general usage of phones and tablets. In reality, it seems to have gone the other way, with phones and tablets taking longer to boot than they did previously.

He also missed the mark on windowed operating systems, but for the better. He was worried that moves like Windows 8 signaled the end of windows as know them, but Windows 10 showed that Microsoft had pushed too hard and lost the plot.