4 ms·

I think the first camp's worries are justified a bit by the second camp's perspective and mistake (at least the way you've phrased it). Yes, it may end up bein

by swernli 17y ago

I think the first camp's worries are justified a bit by the second camp's perspective and mistake (at least the way you've phrased it). Yes, it may end up being the "computer for people who never use their computer," but by some estimates that is most people, which means it will take over for the content consumer majority and leave full-fledged computers to the content producers. It all depends on your definition of "use" since as netbook-crowd would argue, most people don't need beefy processor and lots of ram, just a way to get online and run some basic applications.

joe_the_user 17y ago
There's more to a computer that you can use than a beefy processor. I'm not sure you could classify most people as non-content producers. A student that writes a paper needs a keyboard. An executive needs a keyboard and mouse to create presentation. Even more, I suspect our society is generating more, not less, content producer jobs and these content producers will want to be able to work at home.