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Realistically, people will continue to own multiple computers. Computers have become very cheap, households can usually afford more than one. For tablets to be
by ugh 16y ago
Realistically, people will continue to own multiple computers. Computers have become very cheap, households can usually afford more than one.
For tablets to be successful “post-PC devices” it’s not necessary that people stop buying and using PCs.
Still, it should be possible to get by without a cable. I don’t want to transfer my 40GB media collection wirelessly just yet but the iPad is useful without my media (and can wirelessly sync contacts, calendars, notes, e-mails), there is no reason why I should be forced to connect to iTunes.
- dman 16y agoYou mean people who are relatively well to do in the grand scheme of things.
- ugh 16y agoNo, I don’t. If you could afford a computer ten years ago you can afford two today.
- dman 16y agoAh that explains it, i grew up around plenty of people who couldnt afford a computer ten years ago :)
- ugh 16y agoIf my memory is not failing me completely I would say that lower middle class to maybe even down to slightly above the poverty level could afford some computer ten years ago. A majority could buy a computer.
- dvdhsu 16y agoIn other countries, no.
- dman 16y agoI grew up in India where slightly above poverty level means an altogether different thing.
- ugh 16y agoWell, ok :) I was viewing it from an overly western perspective. Countries like India or China are especially interesting, they might be able to leapfrog certain developments in Europe and North America, i.e. take a different path altogether.
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