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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by dan-robertson on Monday January 27, 2020 @02:27PM (#22162822)
I think it’s a little unfair to compare a 10 year old desktop today with a 10 year old ipad today because the rate of progress for desktops has been much lower (and many programs are designed to work on less powerful laptops).

Instead consider that a 10 year old laptop in 2010 would be basically useless and massively heavy, or a 10 year old desktop in eg 2007.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by jcranmer on Monday January 27, 2020 @02:31PM (#22162856)
GP did say that "desktop or laptop computer" didn't last 10 years either. I agree that desktops are going to age better than any other segment of computers.
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