I helped my brother pick out a new laptop a couple of months ago. Recently I asked him how it was working for him. He said he just turned it on, made sure it booted, and then threw it in a closet and hasn't touched it since. He only wanted it for the next time someone in the house tested positive for COVID and had to quarantine, so they could have a separate computer.
PC is accidentally the most popular "open platform" that exists, due the mandatory IBM PC compatibility. If it ever dies, things like Linux goes with it.
PC is accidentally the most popular "open platform" that exists, due the mandatory IBM PC compatibility. If it ever dies, things like Linux goes with it.
PC was never going to die, even Steve Jobs said so in the Post-PC era. Its importance would diminish but never disappear because there are tasks you require a PC for.
And mandatory IBM PC compatibility was a myth. There were many PCs in the 80s that were MS-DOS compatible but was not IBM PC compatible. Yes, there is a huge difference - many things ran MS-DOS
Just today, I ordered 25 fairly decent systems from Dell, and was told they'd ship as soon as the shipping people were back at work Monday. Zero wait time because there's no backlog.
And at about 40% less than comparable systems at the beginning of the year.
PC is accidentally the most popular "open platform" that exists, due the mandatory IBM PC compatibility.
If it ever dies, things like Linux goes with it.
PC was never going to die, even Steve Jobs said so in the Post-PC era. Its importance would diminish but never disappear because there are tasks you require a PC for.
And mandatory IBM PC compatibility was a myth. There were many PCs in the 80s that were MS-DOS compatible but was not IBM PC compatible. Yes, there is a huge difference - many things ran MS-DOS
Just today, I ordered 25 fairly decent systems from Dell, and was told they'd ship as soon as the shipping people were back at work Monday. Zero wait time because there's no backlog.
And at about 40% less than comparable systems at the beginning of the year.
... it literally rocks \m/
You can probably fix that by putting rubber grommets on the hard drive mounting screws, you know.