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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by sircastor on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:24PM (#28873379)
Seeing that, it seems like this is likely cyclical.

We’ll have 20 years of siloed hardware, and then some competitors figure out a way to get a foot in the door, or signed-only systems will become distasteful to consumers and Companies will revert, interoperability will become the norm again.

There are always barriers in computing and society will respond to it.

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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by wheybags on Saturday October 16, 2021 @05:32AM (#28886626)
You dismiss 20 years of darkness like it's nothing...
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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by emteycz on Saturday October 16, 2021 @06:19AM (#28886811)
PC-compatible hardware and software is not going anywhere...
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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by 5e92cb50239222b on Saturday October 16, 2021 @07:56AM (#28887226)
Until everyone stops buying it and it becomes a premium thing which the little man like myself simply cannot afford.
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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by katbyte on Saturday October 16, 2021 @08:48AM (#28887492)
PC like desktops are in _no_ danger of going anywhere. There will always been a huge gamer and hobbies market for them.

Laptops maybe, but the framework laptop is exactly what you want, seems pretty decent, and has a decent chance of taking off.

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