Following Sony, Samsung has stopped sales of its laptops in Europe

Re:Following Sony, Samsung has stopped sales of its laptops ... by 72deluxe on Thursday September 25, 2014 @05:10AM (#8366285)

Weirdly, my mum used to have laptops for years, which she used for running at an obscenely low resolution, making it practically unusable.

She played solitaire on it, and used Facebook. And I think that was all!

She bought an iPad (finally) and doesn't make a fuss about not changing the font size (she can't, so she doesn't make a fuss anymore), and seems really happy with it. But she isn't trying to create things on it. That could be what's different with your mum.

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Re:Following Sony, Samsung has stopped sales of its laptops ... by mcv on Thursday September 25, 2014 @05:33AM (#8366347)

As far as I know, my parents still have old-fashioned desktop PCs. They also both have an iPad. I don't think they have laptops, though. Maybe my dad does.

I should check how much they still use their PCs. My dad used to program a lot, and my mom moderated a mailinglist and was active in a bunch of communities (for some context: I'm 40, my parents are 68). Tablet usage is definitely more passive and consumptive.

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