They do still exist. I was setting up a win8 machine a while back and it kept blue screening. It seems that the manufacturer installed AV was fighting with Microsoft's security and would bring the whole machine down. I removed the AV and suggested only connecting to the internet for updates (system was a mission critical laptop running medical software)

Windows 8, a f**king frowny face saying something is wrong... WTF

In my case (and I would think many other photographers, videographers, graphic designers, etc) I often deal with files over 100 MB and occasionally deal with files approaching 1GB. Wifi would suck in these instances.

And since I work interactively with the files, I could not just upload them, let the servers work on them, and download the finished product. I admit that there are has been some advances in working with a virtual file, then just rendering the final file on output, but none of these are perfect yet.

exactly my point. would you want to replace your server room with a phone?

or even if you kept your server room, could you afford the bandwidth to use the server power to process anything but trivial files?

Yes it is. My desktop (which I am planning to upgrade soon) has 12 GB of RAM, and 4 TB of on board storage (another 6 TB of external storage not including removable backup disks)

I use my machine mainly for photography. I would really find it lacking if I were to get into video.

A phone that had anywhere near this performance would be power hungry, large, and heavy. Until we come up with a way to realistically use external RAM, a phone will not be able to compete with a real workstation...

You, sir, get the internet prize today...

I met a guy once who had a V8 motorcycle. Why? Because he could... He admitted he was too scared to open it up...

My thoughts exactly. Couldn't we also say it is raining graphene? Graphene is the golden child of the carbon family lately.

this comment needs to be modded up

and add perspective control. One of the biggest disadvantages of cell phones is lack of a good zoom lens. And no, a zoom lens is not used just to get you visually closer to your subject.

Oh for mod points...

There should be a "sad but true" mod...

^^ This^^

Exactly... My favourite (naive, admittedly) quote: "for an ideal society, don't bug anybody, and don't be easily bugged"

I have been offered jobs away from my (then) current position. Every employer has been impressed that I want to give two weeks notice, even if the current employer is known to be a douchebag. It shows a level of integrity and honesty that is more important than any hard skills you may have.