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Everywhere I’ve ever worked, “important computer-related stuff” has been done on computers with large monitors and external keyboards. Those have often been lap

Everywhere I’ve ever worked, “important computer-related stuff” has been done on computers with large monitors and external keyboards. Those have often been laptops at docking stations, but I’ve never seen phones used as the primary driver.

vundercind 3y ago
> Did they have a lot of business contracts?
Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y ago
It's possible that you will need a couple more generations to get there
LikesPwsh 3y ago
Phones with docked keyboard and mouse seems almost inevitable.
- wolpoli 3y ago
  Both Apple and Google are resisting that future. Samsung seems to the only one embracing it.
  - krtkush 3y ago
    Android has Desktop Mode now - https://www.androidauthority.com/android-q-desktop-mode-demo-991055/ https://www.androidauthority.com/android-q-desktop-mode-demo...
    - nedrylandJP 3y ago
      Just to be clear, that is 5 years old.
      - wolpoli 3y ago
        Just realized that Pixel 8 does have display out. So Google is now embracing the future.
- AlchemistCamp 3y ago
  Microsoft has been showing that kind of integration in videos about the future of work for at least a decade: https://youtu.be/SO49Q-HcuKE?si=iCYcBh-a9RmODiVf https://youtu.be/SO49Q-HcuKE?si=iCYcBh-a9RmODiVf
- Avicebron 3y ago
  I mean you're not far off, I have clients who are pretty much all in MS surface + peripherals as their primary workstation for their employees. Similar thing with some clients and chromebooks/google workspace, not quite phones, but the idea of a portable device docked into a station is pretty much the norm. I've seen huge portions of different businesses barely rely on computers to be much more than a vessel for a different flavor of enterprise related apps
- dingnuts 3y ago
  dock to what, and why? and why a mouse? the thing already has a touchscreen. If you want to type faster you can buy Bluetooth keyboards and stands for your devices today, including some Bluetooth keyboards that have a little slot in them to hold your phone or tablet. If you have enough money to have the space for a desk with a keyboard, monitor, and screen, the cost of a dedicated computer to plug into it isn't going to be an obstacle. I think this is the reason we haven't seen docking take off.
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Vegenoid 3y ago
> Everywhere I’ve ever worked, “important computer-related stuff” has been done on computers with large monitors and external keyboards. Geek Squad is not IT support for businesses, it's IT support for consumers. Consumers definitely have had computer usage/necessity displaced by phones. Many consumers will now only have a computer through their work or school, and those will have their own IT.
- ipaddr 3y ago
  89% of Americans have a home computer. 97% have a phone. 8%.
  - Vegenoid 2y ago
    I'd be interested to see usage stats, as I'll bet the discrepancy there is way larger. I have a number of non-technical friends who own a laptop, but use it once every few months, or longer, because the things they used to need it for they can now do on their phone.
nytesky 3y ago
PP was referring to the home computing needs, not work. geek squad is only for consumers more or less. very true, my kids and wife dont really email enough to need a keyboard, just message or app messages, banking and watching videos and shopping all done on phone or MAYBE tablet. Cloud stores all the photos and documents. You can do your taxes on the phone, which is probably the most complicated “home” task majority of people do.
- AlchemistCamp 3y ago
  Still, most “important computer-related stuff” people have to deal with at home is work-related, at least from what I've seen. I know some older people who don't work with computers at all and just have mobile phones but they don't do anything important on them and instead continue doing those things by phone and dead tree mail for the most part.
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vundercind 3y ago

> Did they have a lot of business contracts?

Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y ago

It's possible that you will need a couple more generations to get there

LikesPwsh 3y ago

Phones with docked keyboard and mouse seems almost inevitable.

wolpoli 3y ago
Both Apple and Google are resisting that future. Samsung seems to the only one embracing it.
- krtkush 3y ago
  Android has Desktop Mode now - https://www.androidauthority.com/android-q-desktop-mode-demo-991055/ https://www.androidauthority.com/android-q-desktop-mode-demo...
  - nedrylandJP 3y ago
    Just to be clear, that is 5 years old.
    - wolpoli 3y ago
      Just realized that Pixel 8 does have display out. So Google is now embracing the future.
AlchemistCamp 3y ago
Microsoft has been showing that kind of integration in videos about the future of work for at least a decade: https://youtu.be/SO49Q-HcuKE?si=iCYcBh-a9RmODiVf https://youtu.be/SO49Q-HcuKE?si=iCYcBh-a9RmODiVf
Avicebron 3y ago
I mean you're not far off, I have clients who are pretty much all in MS surface + peripherals as their primary workstation for their employees. Similar thing with some clients and chromebooks/google workspace, not quite phones, but the idea of a portable device docked into a station is pretty much the norm. I've seen huge portions of different businesses barely rely on computers to be much more than a vessel for a different flavor of enterprise related apps
dingnuts 3y ago
dock to what, and why? and why a mouse? the thing already has a touchscreen. If you want to type faster you can buy Bluetooth keyboards and stands for your devices today, including some Bluetooth keyboards that have a little slot in them to hold your phone or tablet. If you have enough money to have the space for a desk with a keyboard, monitor, and screen, the cost of a dedicated computer to plug into it isn't going to be an obstacle. I think this is the reason we haven't seen docking take off.
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Vegenoid 3y ago

> Everywhere I’ve ever worked, “important computer-related stuff” has been done on computers with large monitors and external keyboards. Geek Squad is not IT support for businesses, it's IT support for consumers. Consumers definitely have had computer usage/necessity displaced by phones. Many consumers will now only have a computer through their work or school, and those will have their own IT.

ipaddr 3y ago
89% of Americans have a home computer. 97% have a phone. 8%.
- Vegenoid 2y ago
  I'd be interested to see usage stats, as I'll bet the discrepancy there is way larger. I have a number of non-technical friends who own a laptop, but use it once every few months, or longer, because the things they used to need it for they can now do on their phone.

nytesky 3y ago

PP was referring to the home computing needs, not work. geek squad is only for consumers more or less. very true, my kids and wife dont really email enough to need a keyboard, just message or app messages, banking and watching videos and shopping all done on phone or MAYBE tablet. Cloud stores all the photos and documents. You can do your taxes on the phone, which is probably the most complicated “home” task majority of people do.

AlchemistCamp 3y ago
Still, most “important computer-related stuff” people have to deal with at home is work-related, at least from what I've seen. I know some older people who don't work with computers at all and just have mobile phones but they don't do anything important on them and instead continue doing those things by phone and dead tree mail for the most part.

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