Outsourcing only works from 2 fundamentals - ignoring IP (theft) and currency manipulation.
You left out government regulation, taxes, and pollution controls.
I mean, why should we buy phones that we can't change the battery in the first place?
Because people get distracted by the new shiny, and forgot to look...
A touch interface is much easier for some people to use than a mouse.
But they suck balls for highly dense knowledge work. The precision is not there. Go ahead... Select a single character in the middle of a word on your tablet. I dare you. And PCs are eventually going to be the people that can not make do with a tablet, and having the tablet interface hurts that function.
The "Microsoft controls the servers in Ireland, so can hoover up everything they hold" case indicates that if a single person in Romania can get the data then the Romanian police can get the data.
I think the South African Police might have something to say about that. Just as an example, of course... http://www.datacentermap.com/s...
I assume you gave up your ink-jet printer for a color lasar?
Damn fucking right! Several years ago, and I have only replaced toner once. There is a limit to what I will spend on "rented" product...
Are you having fun yet?