Explain to me again why Unity is so great...

[Billie Walsh]

On 04/22/2011 05:21 PM, Doug wrote:
> I see that several of the contributors here have mentioned the death 
> of the home computer, and the ascendancy of the tablet.  I don't know 
> about
> anyone else, but when the touchscreen becomes all there is, I hope to 
> have passed on.  Certainly I won't be using it.  (My daughter has one,
> and I've tried it.  What a disaster!)  I'll join in with the previous 
> poster who said he's an old fogy.  Me too!
>
> --doug

Someone once said that the only constant is change. If you don't change 
you get left behind. I guess software has to keep up with the Joneses also.

As far as desktop computers, well, I think they will get smaller. I have 
a little Acer mini desktop, and it's a great little computer. But, it 
has some serious heat issues and it's not expandable in any meaningful 
way. I have to keep the side panel off and have a fan blowing into the 
case to keep it from melting down. Not a very good engineering idea.

I would hate to have a laptop as my main computer. I have one that very 
well could be, but as a full time replacement for my desktop it would 
suck. Works great for when we travel to use in the hotel.

I also have an Asus Netbook and a Dell Inspiron Duo Tablet/Netbook. I 
love both of them for different reasons. They both are small, 
lightweight and easy to tote around. The Dell has all the best features 
of a Netbook but also doubles as a tablet, which is very handy in some 
situations. The Dell also has the touch screen and as a tablet it works 
fine but I wouldn't want to just have the touch screen to work with. I 
can fat finger a keyboard bad enough. With a touch screen it just sucks. 
I use the tablet function as an e-book reader a lot and trying to turn 
pages by touching that little tiny "button" is a pain. It cost just a 
little bit more than a dedicated e-book reader but has all the 
functionality of a computer to boot. And, a lot less than an I-pad. 
Pretty good I figure.

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