Smartphones to replace computers soon

[JimLes]

Basically, smartphones can easily replace desktops for those users who always only needed something like a smartphone. Between 2000 and 2010, hordes of people bought proper desktop computers to read email, MSN message their friends, check sports box scores, and occasionally look up the address of that Mexican place that has great chimichongas. They didn't need 99% of features offered by a desktop, but back then, you had no choice. Now, they have a much more convenient device that lets them do all that, without all the extras they don't need.

People who needed a desktop and actually used their desktop 15 years ago will still use desktops. In the past few days, I've used my computer to play League of Legends, to work on a 168,000-row Excel file, to record music through a mixing interface hooked up to my computer, to send resumes out, to draw a map in an open-source Photoshop equivalent that is 15000x15000 pixels, and helped some guy from Melbourne translate some old baptismal records from Ukrainian by looking at a scanned microfilm of a church book. I don't think I can do any of these on the phone, but I don't think any millennials do stuff like this. It's hard to have time for anything, really, when Instagraming everything takes up almost every free second you have.

 

[♪alt13]

Basically, smartphones can easily replace desktops for those users who always only needed something like a smartphone. Between 2000 and 2010, hordes of people bought proper desktop computers to read email, MSN message their friends, check sports box scores, and occasionally look up the address of that Mexican place that has great chimichongas. They didn't need 99% of features offered by a desktop, but back then, you had no choice. Now, they have a much more convenient device that lets them do all that, without all the extras they don't need.

People who needed a desktop and actually used their desktop 15 years ago will still use desktops. In the past few days, I've used my computer to play League of Legends, to work on a 168,000-row Excel file, to record music through a mixing interface hooked up to my computer, to send resumes out, to draw a map in an open-source Photoshop equivalent that is 15000x15000 pixels, and helped some guy from Melbourne translate some old baptismal records from Ukrainian by looking at a scanned microfilm of a church book. I don't think I can do any of these on the phone, but I don't think any millennials do stuff like this. It's hard to have time for anything, really, when Instagraming everything takes up almost every free second you have.

 

[Elizah Huge]

You can do almost anything on a smartphone. They have evolved so much and will continue to evolve.

I can't remember the last time I posted on this site not using the app. I can check my bank account by a simple fingerprint. I can check my e-mail effortlessly. It gives you notifications when you get a new e-mail. It's awesome for things like Facebook. I use my phone to pay my electric bill, phone bill, car payment, etc.

There is an app for almost everything. I have a laptop and literally the only thing I use it for is for my school work.

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[Elizah Huge]

So when those people who only have smart phones need to update their resume? Print it out?

I can't imagine not having a PC.

It's actually quite easy especially when there are sites that do it for you. All you have to do is enter in the information.


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[Elizah Huge]

Ask any millennial the last time they sat down at a desktop to compose an email...

Smartphones have drastically cut down on the desktop usage in this country. However, there will always be a need for a desktop/laptop platform for media editing, research, and writing.

Why do that when you can use an app on your phone and compose an e-mail effortlessly?


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[JimLes]

You can do almost anything on a smartphone. They have evolved so much and will continue to evolve.

I can't remember the last time I posted on this site not using the app. I can check my bank account by a simple fingerprint. I can check my e-mail effortlessly. It gives you notifications when you get a new e-mail. It's awesome for things like Facebook. I use my phone to pay my electric bill, phone bill, car payment, etc.

There is an app for almost everything. I have a laptop and literally the only thing I use it for is for my school work.

Again, it's great if you're a 15-year old girl. Some of us are grownups, though. We need computers for more than just getting our egos stroked on social media.

Oh, and my grandfather did not fight Nazis for 3 years for me to watch videos on a ****ing 6-inch screen.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Again, it's great if you're a 15-year old girl. Some of us are grownups, though. We need computers for more than just getting our egos stroked on social media.

Oh, and my grandfather did not fight Nazis for 3 years for me to watch videos on a ****ing 6-inch screen.

Do smartphones really bother you that much?


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[JimLes]

Do smartphones really bother you that much?

Well, they are making people dumber and more shallow, so yes.

 

[addictionary]

Again, it's great if you're a 15-year old girl. Some of us are grownups, though. We need computers for more than just getting our egos stroked on social media.

Oh, and my grandfather did not fight Nazis for 3 years for me to watch videos on a ****ing 6-inch screen.

Well there is Airplay or WiFi direct, so you can watch the content on your phone in a 55 inch.

 

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