Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager
by computerjunkie on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @11:14AM
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">>> Desktop (including laptops of course) is where 99% of the world's actual office, accounting, design, writing, programming, editing etc, computing based work is happening."
Agreed. Try typing out a dissertation on a tablet (no external keyboard or mouse to compensate) which has an approaching deadline.
Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager
by nailer on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @12:46PM
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To consumers who don't create content - as the comment you're replying to clearly states.
Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager
by mrec on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @02:14PM
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Is an email "content"? Is a blog post? A HN/Reddit/whatever comment?
I don't think the old stereotype of "consumers" as some sort of purely passive livestock is especially useful any more. Clay Shirky's old but very readable "Here Comes Everybody" makes a similar case at much greater and more articulate length.
For whom? Companies might make more money selling mobile devices compared to desktop/laptop PCs but that doesn't equate to the inane statement oft repeated that "desktop computing doesn't really matter that much anymore".
Desktop (including laptops of course) is where 99% of the world's actual office, accounting, design, writing, programming, editing etc, computing based work is happening.