Casual users need as good a computer as possible, proficient users can make do

Re:Casual users need as good a computer as possible, profici... by bulletmagnet on Sunday November 04, 2012 @08:08PM (#4741806)

This is a stupid statement. If that's true, then why are many casual users ditching computers for tablets?

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Re:Casual users need as good a computer as possible, profici... by LukasMathis on Monday November 05, 2012 @12:54AM (#4742395)

Because (some) tablets actually are good computers. They achieve extremely high quality (speed, good UX) at the tasks they do by simply not doing most of the tasks a desktop PC does. If you only want to do email and some web browsing, a tablet is actually a higher-quality, faster, easier-to-use machine than a PC.

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Re:Casual users need as good a computer as possible, profici... by mistercow on Sunday November 04, 2012 @08:16PM (#4741829)

Because tablets lower the bar for proficiency. If tablets were just lower power, cheaper computers that happened to be portable and have touch screens, you wouldn't see adoption of tablets by casual users.

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Re:Casual users need as good a computer as possible, profici... by jrockway on Sunday November 04, 2012 @08:09PM (#4741810)

"Do one thing well."

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Re:Casual users need as good a computer as possible, profici... by benatkin on Monday November 05, 2012 @01:12AM (#4742435)

Because they don't know what will make them most effective at getting their work done.

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Re:Casual users need as good a computer as possible, profici... by mdonahoe on Sunday November 04, 2012 @09:33PM (#4742004)

Because their computers are clogged with viruses?

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