Re:Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts
by throwanem on Friday September 02, 2016 @12:51PM
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For almost everyone, a computer is an appliance. And that's okay.
Re:Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts
by pjmlp on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:28PM
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Myself included.
I was fine with the old ways.
The move from Spectrums to the PC was mostly driven by my parents. I would have gotten an Amiga 500 if given the choice.
Like many others commenting on this news, every I got to upgrade my PC during the 90's and early 2000, I had to buy a new one due to the cascade of required updates.
Since 2003 I only use laptops and am fine with the limited upgrade options.
Re:Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts
by throwanem on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:54PM
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I have a desktop machine, originally intended for games which I discovered shortly after building it that I no longer especially cared to play. I don't know that I'm going to bother with another one; the only reason I can think of that I might want to do so is because I can fit more monitors on it than I can on a laptop.
Now with USB and Thunderbolt it seems we are back to the 8 and 16 bit days of selling computers as appliances, specially due to the thin margins that are currently being used.
Outside gamers, even customizable desktops seem to be a dying breed.