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At first the only computers you could use were trains (mainframes) Then they became buses (mini computers) Then they became pickup trucks (desktop PCs) Then
by novok 6y ago
At first the only computers you could use were trains (mainframes)
Then they became buses (mini computers)
Then they became pickup trucks (desktop PCs)
Then they became vans (laptops)
And now finally, they are sedans & SUVs (smartphones & tablets)
One day, the motorcycle and electric scooter will become popular (watches, AR glasses)
The vast majority of car owners although, given the choice, will buy a sedan or an SUV. Pickup trucks are popular for some subcultures and some forms of professional work, and will always be needed and will never go away. Mainframes / trains have morphed into datacenters, but are functionally similar. None of these form factors will go away, except maybe minicomputers, but the vast majority of the populace will move onto the smallest safest thing, unless they need the extra space that a pickup truck gives them :)
- michaelmrose 6y agoThis is a well thought out analogy but by the same token even though it might be nice to shrink the form factor even to watch size if you could but a lot of the space required isn't the machine at all it is screen and keyboard in which the pickup truck or van style input has an enormous advantage.