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How many times are pundits going to keep repeating that cellphones/tablets are going to kill off laptops and desktops before they realize how ridiculous that is
by tw04 9y ago
How many times are pundits going to keep repeating that cellphones/tablets are going to kill off laptops and desktops before they realize how ridiculous that is?
The only one that has a remote chance of killing either one at this point is Microsoft themselves through continuum and X64 code running on ARM. Even then, phone horsepower is still not enough to fully replace my laptop and desktop usage. I don't see that changing anytime soon with the issues fabs are having getting to smaller process sizes.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoDoomed and killed off don't mean the same thing. Everyone in tech who isn't busy knocking down poorly constructed strawmen acknowledge that post-PC has already happened. That market is no longer expected to grow.
- notzorbo3 9y ago"Doomed" to me doesn't sound like "not expected to grow". It sounds more like "expected to die off". I mean, tv sales have been dropping for the last few years, but we're not saying the tv market is doomed because we don't expect that market to die. I think a better word for "not expected to grow" is "saturated". In any case, the use of the word "doomed" is hyperbolic or at the very least ill defined scaremongering.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoThe TV market as a growing interesting market for innovation is almost dead. If you are in the tech industry and looking for the next big thing, you aren't look around TVs. I really don't think many here actually read the article and instead just focused on the byline without any context.