Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app

Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by tim333 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:43AM (#12548057)

Also "desktop" is much less stuck on desks than it was. I'm typing this from an 11" macbook air lying on the grass in a park tethered to 4G via the phone so the thing's pretty mobile although it's "desktop" from the software point of view. I think that may be where the futures headed rather than people just using ios/android.

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by baldfat on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @10:10AM (#12548267)

No I 100% mean desktop. I still have never personally bought a laptop (Work gives me them). I prefer the faster machines with dual monitors and awesome mouse and keyboard ready to go all the time.

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by likeclockwork on Thursday September 22, 2016 @01:06AM (#12554516)

I agree with you completely. At some point the laptop became 'the default computer'. I went laptop-only for most of the span 2006 - 2011, before adopting a workstation (with dual 1440p monitors, a nice keyboard, a mouse, and my precious Linux) as my primary computing device again.

I couldn't go back for anything. I simply couldn't. I have a fairly light and portable laptop with a 13" screen that I carry around from time to time, and it's a vastly more constrained computing experience.

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by iknowstuff on Thursday September 22, 2016 @01:48PM (#12558657)

You will find that the vast majority of people doesn't care for faster machines. I think Microsoft's Continuum is the way to go. People will just connect their huge displays + mice/keyboards to their phones to avoid the trouble of syncing data.

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