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PC shipment plunge enhanced by Windows 8
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Maybe I can start allowing myself to watch advertising again, cause $1.8 billion in ads seems not to have made Windows 8 any less of an abomination to users, apparently. (I was trying to avoid looking at ads on the theory that they might work, causing me to buy things I don't need)
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IMHO the economic woes in the US and Europe also play a role. If you fear for your job, or are unemployed why would you spend your money on new hardware or software?
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My real concern with the trend towards tablets and phones is the lack of hardware-configurability that PC's had. I mean, with my wife's gaming rig I'm constantly updating video cards, RAM, etc... but I haven't touched her tablet (for obvious reasons) except to install a few "external source" apps.
Makes me kinda sad, but I can also remember having to solder RAM onto the motherboard of my Dad's first PC. Those days are long gone, and so too will these days soon be long gone.
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If the hardware they have begins to act "funny", it is far easier for them to justify buying a new system (not that this is my opinion...). I don't believe complete systems can be purchased today without either Windows or OS/X pre-installed, so the industry isn't promoting the acquisition of knowledge at all. What the public has focused on is constant texting, & ordering pizza at all hours, not maximizing their hardware expenditures. |
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As am I.
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It's just disheartening, that's all.
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A couple of links closely related to main parts of the discussion above:
First, a longish opinion piece from Wired ... Microsoft lumbering toward cool, and then recent sales update on the Surface (from zdnet) ... Microsoft still barely scratching "Surface" with tablet sales Of course for any individual consumer, none of the above may be that relevant to their decisions. But it's interesting to follow instead of soap operas . |
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I saw the commercial where everyone starts breakdancing after using the Surface tablet for a few seconds. So, I'm thinking, "Damn. Microsoft is desperate,"; but, I see another singing commercial and shake my head.
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I hate that commercial. It screams "I'm trying to look relevant, even though I'm a dinosaur from days past". I mean, I'm no fan of Microsoft, but enough is enough...it's embarrassing!
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Me too, my livelihood is being destroyed. If I can't have a real computer, I'm switching to radio, even if I have to learn radio theory.
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Just assemble your computer yourself. It is not that difficult. Even I can do it
In 1990 I was given an 80386 system by the Taiwanese company I was working for. That was the last 'ready-made' system I used. Since that time I always assembled them myself. Only exception was a HP Proliant that I bought for 250 Euro last year.
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In Mother Russia, computer builds you.
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The sun will come up after all, if not tomorrow then later this year, for Windows 8 users:
Windows `start' button is back as Microsoft frantically backtracks |
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