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So why do they keep making new parts for them if they are dead? I mean, the cpu, ram and gpu businesses seem to be doing quite well don't they.
So why do they keep making new parts for them if they are dead? I mean, the cpu, ram and gpu businesses seem to be doing quite well don't they.
I dont think so. I still look forward to having a powerful desktop someday. When I can afford one that is....Its more like the end of some people giving a crap about PCs. Not the end of them themselves.
Reading a forum on a tablet for me is fine, responding is a serious pain in the butt. Having a full physical keyboard is a must for me to get anything done in a reasonable amount of time. Trying to type what I have just put here on a touchscreen keyboard would have taken me at least 5 to 6 times longer than I have been typing thus far on my laptop.
As for reading books, I would prefer doing that on my Kindle as it costs less than 1/5 what an iPad does and it runs easily for 4-6 weeks for me on a single charge. And it's got free 3G included with it.
All these new tablets, iPads, Galaxy's are fancy items and highly portable. They have their own niche.
I have an iPod and an iPhone. It is very inconvenient to type an email on the virtual keyboard with one hand while holding the device in other hand, forget typing a long article.
For comfort, ease of use and some serious computing, nothing beats a desktop and a notebook with real keyboards and pointing devices.
The tablets are not going to replace the PCs in the near future but only augment them. They are only an evolution but not a revolution.
Agreed, though for short responses and e-mails the tablet would be fine.
For that and practically everything else portable I use my iPhone4. The "retina" display on it makes book reading extremely easy on my eyes and having all that capability in my pocket is beautiful. I've been a PDA user for years and the PDA finally "arrived" with this one. I use it only secondarily as a phone but even there it's the best phone I've ever used.As for reading books, I would prefer doing that on my Kindle as it costs less than 1/5 what an iPad does and it runs easily for 4-6 weeks for me on a single charge. And it's got free 3G included with it.
Having said all that, though, the iPhone is no replacement for my desktop and laptop machines. It augments them, not replaces them.
-Max
A laptop is basically a PC. You can install software and games that are built for PCs on either laptops or desktops, the only difference is one is portable and consumes less power. Which really annoys me because every time I see something saying the PC is over, that's like saying every single laptop is becoming extinct when they're becoming more popular than desktops.
That's an indication to stop reading the article. PCs will be here for a long time to come. Screw apple and their overpriced mp3 players."Steve Jobs thinks so"