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How many people do you know that don't have a computer? It's not "obviously" declining because of smartphones and tablets, at least not to me. Pretty much ever
by lettergram 10y ago
How many people do you know that don't have a computer?
It's not "obviously" declining because of smartphones and tablets, at least not to me. Pretty much everyone has a computer (in the US), as it doesn't make sense to do many things on your cellphone (like write emails). They just aren't upgrading because they don't need to.
- kbenson 10y agoOr perhaps the market was first ally saturated, and what we see now is the normal upgrade cycle sans people buying their first computer.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoAmong my non tech friends? 80% don't have a computer anymore and solely uses their phone or maybe have an iPad.
- lettergram 10y agoI don't know the age range, but everyone over 40 I know has a computer, so does everyone in and a couple years out of college I know (my age group). The only people I know who dont have computers are my friends working heavily blue collar jobs. Even most of them have laptop's, only a few don't have anything.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoI'm in my late 30s. Couple years outta college? People are still using the PC they bought for college probably. I don't know a whole ton of people who went to college anyways.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoAgree with this. I live in Australia and work in the building industry. Most of the apprentices and tradesmen I work with, and their tradie friends, don't own computers at home. They'll have a TV, a smartphone, and a maybe games console.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoI was absolutely amazed when this no-home-PC thing started catching on, because I just can't image, say, booking a flight on a smartphone. But there is a large cohort that a phone is good enough. We are the minority. I will always have a desktop at home.
- sotojuan 10y ago> booking a flight on a smartphone Hipmunk?
- nommm-nommm 10y agoWell for me part of booking a flight is choosing which airport to leave from. The last 4 flights i took left from 4 different airports. There's also choosing a day to leave and come back which requires a few searches. I like to open several tabs and flip back and forth quickly to compare flights. I like having a screen where I can see more than a couple flights at a time. Having a keyboard and mouse makes all the difference in the world too.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoThe company I work for recently (~3 months ago) offered to send our payslips via email, I think I'm the only person on the workshop floor who has this, everyone else still receives theirs as paper copy. Using a smartphone to do anything other than send short messages and read the web frustrates me to buggery, but for those people who find using a computer frustrating or tedious anyway a smartphone mustn't be much different or even probably a better user experience.
- woliveirajr 10y agoHome computers? Almost nobody. Just those who work from home. And those who have, no upgrades, but shining new cell phones and tablets.
- elmigranto 10y ago> How many people do you know... That's not how it works.