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I don't agree with the analogy. There's a bigger qualitative difference between PCs and mobile devices than between cars and trucks. The need for a real PC has
by gdulli 12y ago
I don't agree with the analogy. There's a bigger qualitative difference between PCs and mobile devices than between cars and trucks.
The need for a real PC has never gone away for me. A tablet or phone is something I can waste a little bit of time on or use on an airplane. They're great for that, but they're passive devices for consumption, not production.
Real work (anything that requires more than a small amount of input) and even real entertainment (playing a full-sized game, reading/watching longer pieces) is not comfortable for me on a mobile device. It would be a significant compromise to go without a real PC. The efforts to make a tablet act like a computer (like attaching a physical keyboard) don't go nearly far enough to bridge the gap.
- r00fus 12y agoBased on what you said, I think the analogy still holds. You talk about work - that's the truck. Others talk about just browsing/Facebook/etc - that's the car. iPads (and iPhones) are awesome for some stuff - if I want to send a "fax" I just take a photo and email/message it (say to my insurance company). Scanning documents on my desktop is... not easy. Even doing the exact same operation (take picture and send) is fraught with difficulty.
- icebraining 12y agothey're passive devices for consumption, not production. http://www.kylelambert.co.uk/ipad-art/ http://www.kylelambert.co.uk/ipad-art/