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LXer 05-02-2014 04:21 AM
LXer: The Tablet Dead End Is Dead Ahead
 
Published at LXer:

Tablets are not the end-all, be-all of computing and eventually the laptop will take over. Again.

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metaschima 05-02-2014 11:17 AM
Good, it's about time this mongrel got put down.

273 05-02-2014 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by metaschima (Post 5163393)
Good, it's about time this mongrel got put down.
I have to agree. As a next step I propose reinstating qwerty keyboards on phones.

crazypenguin 07-01-2014 04:31 PM
Once I noticed that the article was written by the pundit, John C. Dvorak, I immediately lost all interest what was attempting to be conveyed.

Tablets are here to stay and aren't going to disappear any time soon IMO.

dugan 07-01-2014 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by crazypenguin (Post 5197029)
Once I noticed that the article was written by the pundit, John C. Dvorak
Okay, now I need to click it and see the trainwreck. ;)

From the article:

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Unlike on PCs, there are no tablet apps that are so powerful they need more horsepower.
No? ;)

273 07-01-2014 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by crazypenguin (Post 5197029)
Tablets are here to stay and aren't going to disappear any time soon IMO.
They're not going anywhere but they're also not "the future of computing". There's are valid reasons why laptops and desktops exist and those reasons have not gone away. They may do but that hasn't happened yet.

brianL 07-01-2014 04:36 PM
The only tablets I'm interested in at the moment are antihistamines.


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