Hi Dark,
Well, like I've said before there isn't much use in upgrading if it
doesn't offer anything new for you personally. However, I am someone who
likes to be on the bleeding edge, try new things, and I've always
enjoyed staying up to date when and where possible. So that's largely
where I'm coming from. Although, upgrading isn't necessarily always
better for everyone, and we all have different preferences. I realize
that as much as the next guy.
My basic point isn't that you need to upgrade, or that you shouldn't use
your own preferences in upgrading. Obviously, you should do what works
for you at the moment, but you should be prepared to change if and when
it becomes a necessity.
For example, you've got a laptop running XP, it does everything you want
it to do, so don't need to upgrade right now. However, lets say you have
some serious hardware failure and that laptop dies. What will you do?
Will you go on Ebay and buy a used laptop just to get another XP
machine, or will you go to your favorite computer store and buy a new
laptop with Win 7?
The point being that change is inevitable. Yeah, there may not be a
pressing need to upgrade right now, and you might not have to for
several years. Sooner or later you'll probably have to buy a new laptop
or desktop running Windows 7, Windows 8, or later on it to replace your
older hardware and software. That's basically all I'm saying.
As far as your opinion that desktops will stay and laptops will be a
thing of the past in favor of hand-helds I personally disagree. One
reason for that is that netbooks are very popular right now. Last year
more netbooks were sold than desktops, and for good reason. They are
smaller, lighter, more portible and more like the hand-held devices
like tablet PCs I was talking about. Plus most laptops are as good as
their desktop counterparts.
For example, I got a Toshiba last October. Even though this isn't a
high-end model it has a full sized keyboard, 17 inch display, DVD
reader/writer, a duel core 2 GHZ 64-bit processor, 3 GB of ram, a 3d
graphics card, etc. Basically, its specs are similar to the average
desktop available at the same time I purchased my laptop. Plus the price
on laptops have come way down and aren't any more than a desktop PC.
So when I look at it I'm not at all sure the average consumer is willing
to go out and buy a desktop PC when a laptop can do the same thing,
costs about the same, and is smaller and easier to store. As you know I
often do tech support on the side and what I've been seeing is mostly
laptops for the last couple of years. Desktop sales have fallen here in
the united states and I think the figures pretty much speak for
themselves that desktops are more likely to be a thing of the past
before laptops and netbooks.
As a matter of fact I just helped a neighbor with her new laptop a
couple of weeks ago. She got a new H.P. laptop and wireless printer and
I had to help her get her printer working. As we were working I made a
comment to the effect her new laptop was really light. She replied that
she use to have one of those big desktops, it was too big for her
apartment, so her and her husband decided to buy a small computer so she
could put it away when she wasn't using it. She likes her laptop a lot
better than the big desktop.
Since my apartment is small, and I don't have room for a desktop either
obviously size really does matter in certain cases. More and more people
like this neighbor and myself are using laptops because we don't have to
deal with a tower, big monitor, external keyboard, mouse, scanner,
printer, etc all sitting on a desk taking up room. A laptop is very
compact with the keyboard, mouse, and monitor all in one, and can be
folded up and stored in a desk drawer when not being used. Like
hand-helds laptops are more convenient than desktops and I believe it
makes them more commercially viable for the average consumer.
Cheers!
On 3/13/2012 9:13 AM, dark wrote:
I agree tom, prophiteering capitalist scumbags run things unfortunately.
Myself however I disagree with your philosophy of "get it and get used
to it" as I've said before, windows 7 would stop! me doing more stuff,
so why should I use it?
I use a parrot voice mate, which is one of the finest hand held
personal organizers I've ever found, and great for phone numbers,
voice notes etc. Should I stop using it becuase the firm that make
them have gone bust? Heck no!
of course, if I replace my laptop with an Iphone with voiceover, I'll
probably no longer need the parrot voicemate, sinse the Iphone will do
most of those functions, but sinse I currently just use a phone that
is just a phone, and does nothing fancy, ---- and would cost a lot of
money to get a speech synth for it, I'll stick with the voicemate
because it works for what I want.
I don't really see why i should get used to doing something just
because it is the latest thing and I'll have to change eventually,
---- indeed I'll probably try and keep my desktop going as long as
possible and change only if it looks like a better option is available
with a newer system.
Btw, I agree about hand helds taking over, however I don't think the
desktop pc will be quite gone, simply because of the amount of people
who (like myself), use it as a general multimedia device.
i use my pc for watching films, laying games etc, on a decent sized
screen connected to a set of speakers, and that is one use that the
hand held would never fill simply because the idea of connecting a
hand held to a home cinema system or full sized screen is a bit
ridiculous.
I think laptops will be a thing of the past, but the desktop I still
see as staying around exactly for this reason, even if the ui does
irritatingly change.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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