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Sagebrush posted:Nothing -- it's classy. The LED display kind of ruins it for me though; the originals are true industrial art. I wouldn't mind the LED if it was gold, instead of red. The colour ruins it.
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It's a great system. I remember seeing it for the first time in a movie when I was young and thinking how awesome it was. For some reason it seems old and futuristic at the same time. I always dreamed of creating a system like that around the house, preferably in legos.
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The worst was thinking you had downloaded an episode of Dragonball Z or Pokemon or whatever I watched back then, only to have it be childporn. I was only 13, goddamnit. I shouldn't have had to see that.
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Datasmurf posted:Episodes? As far as I remember, Napster was only for music. You're right, I had it confused with kazaa I think.
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Sunshine89 posted:Every year I hear that the desktop PC is on the verge of obsolescence. First, when laptops stopped being 40 pounds with a battery life of 5 minutes and a price tag of $3000, nobody would want a desktop. Then when that didn't happen, our phones became so powerful, we'd just use them for everything! Netbooks didn't take off. Tablets, ultrabooks, tablet-ultrabook hybrids and whatever still didn't manage to kill off the desktop. I don't know. I'm sitting in the garden right now, posting from my laptop which wasn't all that expensive and powerful enough to play the latest games on if I want. If I want to study, play on a bigger screen or sit more comfortably behind a desk, I can do all that because I've got an extra screen and usb keyboard set up for that exact reason and it's not like the days of yonder when you had to install drivers to get those to work. You just plug them in, and anyone can do that. I think the desktops will increasingly become the domain of advanced users who need the power, but that the average, more casual user will increasingly opt for a laptop or notebook or whatever with an extra screen and keyboard for when they need them. Why would you limit yourself to something lacking portability when you don't need to?
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Jul 21, 2013 17:25
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Besesoth posted:I think the counterpoint is "Why would you pay more for less computer just because it's portable?". Because portability will become increasingly important with regards to work, for example, not to mention the comfort of being able to use it in bed, in the garden, on the couch or wherever you want. People are becoming more and more used to being able to access the internet, for example, from their phone while sitting on the toilet or lounging about. I think the ability to do that with your computer will start to outweigh the costs pretty soon.
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Jul 21, 2013 17:34
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Plotterboy posted:You're projecting. Just because you feel that's correct doesn't mean that what you do works for everyone else. This is the exact same reason why tech journalists decide the desktop is obsolete every year. I was just thinking of coming back to this thread to edit my post and add that I'm by no means an expert and I was probably projecting, so you could all disregard my post, so you're absolutely right, although I've never heard of anyone using a docking station and frankly, I don't see the benefit of one. Wanamingo posted:I'd think that desktops are going to stick around because of their functionality and that it's laptops that are going to become less popular. Is there really much they can do, at least for the average person, that a phone or tablet can't? Also, this is a very good point. As for people who need multiple monitors for their work, those are the specialised users I was referring to that would need a proper desktop.
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Jul 21, 2013 18:03
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:It's crazy to think how the combined technology of the last two posts can now be held inside your pocket. I find it even more mindblowing that they got to the moon with less computing power than the navigation system in a modern car.
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Oct 7, 2013 14:22
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Geoj posted:Actually, isn't this more along the lines of "less computing power than a pocket calculator from the early 90s"? Wouldn't surprise me in the least. Why don't we have a moonbase by now?
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I've never even seen an automatic before, but then again, I live in Europe.
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