Glad PC's are a dieing breed

RinconVTR wrote:
Big black boxes in homes and business are quickly changing over to smaller form factors, but to say PC's in general are a dying breed is a misunderstanding of computing. PC's are evolving, as they always have.

Why would you not consider a tablet a PC?

When I add a Bluetooth key board to a tablet, now is it a PC?

What about units with more power and detachable keyboard. Are those not PC's?

And the units with fixed/folding keyboard, what are those?

Is there a screen size that one person determines a PC laptop vs tablet? Such as anything over 14" is a PC laptop...and not a tablet? Why?

Or is it the lack of a spinning hard drive that defines it? (definitely not)

IMO - They are all PC's, right down to our smart phones, any way you look at it. There are simply new terms to help define and split up their form factors and intended use as they all continue to evolve.

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Geeze Louise!
It's tongue in cheek. And no I don't have a misunderstanding of computers.

Of course they are not LITERALLY dieing.:R

More and more people ARE though going to tablets and laptops then ever before henceforth the mass donations of PC screens, towers, and keyboards to church thrift stores. Donations almost tripled at my church over the past couple of years.

LIGHTEN up! :B

Wonder if anyone is buying tube TVs at thrift stores.

Please don't tell my full-tower Dell that it's dying!

Big black boxes in homes and business are quickly changing over to smaller form factors, but to say PC's in general are a dying breed is a misunderstanding of computing. PC's are evolving, as they always have.

Why would you not consider a tablet a PC?

When I add a Bluetooth key board to a tablet, now is it a PC?

What about units with more power and detachable keyboard. Are those not PC's?

And the units with fixed/folding keyboard, what are those?

Is there a screen size that one person determines a PC laptop vs tablet? Such as anything over 14" is a PC laptop...and not a tablet? Why?

Or is it the lack of a spinning hard drive that defines it? (definitely not)

IMO - They are all PC's, right down to our smart phones, any way you look at it. There are simply new terms to help define and split up their form factors and intended use as they all continue to evolve.

sherlock62 wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:
Gotta love the popularity of cell phones and laptops!

My laptop screen died. So I stopped at a thrift store and low and behold I found a real nice monitor for 5 bucks!

Today I went to a moving sale and scored a 'brand new' keyboard and mouse for a whole 2 bucks!

New laptop for $400 or $7 bucks to make my dead laptop screen into a pc? It was an easy choice! :B

Yup, if you like antiquated hardware and software, it is readily available and cheap.

Keyboards and mice are timeless and don't contain any high tech hardware or software.

Now the shelves and shelves of old computer towers they had I don't think I would buy! :W

rockhillmanor wrote:
Gotta love the popularity of cell phones and laptops!

My laptop screen died. So I stopped at a thrift store and low and behold I found a real nice monitor for 5 bucks!

Today I went to a moving sale and scored a 'brand new' keyboard and mouse for a whole 2 bucks!

New laptop for $400 or $7 bucks to make my dead laptop screen into a pc? It was an easy choice! :B

Yup, if you like antiquated hardware and software, it is readily available and cheap.

CKNSLS wrote:
Glad somebody can use outdated technology!

Outdated technology? Not really. We all are not suckered into purchasing the so called "latest and greatest" when it is not necessary. Manufacturers thrive on telling consumers what they need rather than the consumers making rational decisions on there own.

We really can't carry around extra monitors or anything like that since we fulltime. Dale

I wouldn't have been able to either. I full time also, but I just bought a winter home here in Florida. Started hating the full to the top CG's down here during the winter.

So for the time being I have the luxury of a dedicated computer area. I'm really not that cheap! I'll be getting a new laptop soon just need to research a bit more to make sure I buy a good one.

I am starting to wonder if it is planned obsolescence on the part of the manufacturer of laptops or just having to build them cheaper to get their spot in the marketplace?

BI - before the iPhone laptops lasted pretty darn long! Now they cost more to fix them than to buy a new one.

I still have the very first laptop I bought used off the internet and it still works great! It's an IBM ThinkPad. Still in the overhead in the MH......only thing is I can't remember the password to it.:S

Good cheap fix for your laptop, I would say.

DH is about to tear into his. His screen is going bad. He will order a screen off the 'net, then lookup the Youtube video on how to change it. Somewhere someone has already done it and filmed it. A screen is $40 normally.

Last year my Mom's laptop went dead, so he put new ram and motherboard and a CPU in it and it's good as new. Cost? $60.

A few years ago, the screen on my Gateway went out. He replaced that and the inverter and updated the ram at the same time. Cost? $80.

I'm glad he's so handy. He has no background in computers, but is pretty much a jack of all trades. Just follows the videos.

We really can't carry around extra monitors or anything like that since we fulltime. Laptops aren't as "throwaway" as they appear.

Dale

rockhillmanor wrote:
Gotta love the popularity of cell phones and laptops!

My laptop screen died. So I stopped at a thrift store and low and behold I found a real nice monitor for 5 bucks!

Today I went to a moving sale and scored a 'brand new' keyboard and mouse for a whole 2 bucks!

New laptop for $400 or $7 bucks to make my dead laptop screen into a pc? It was an easy choice! :B

As much as some people would like you to believe, PCs are a long ways away from being "dead"..

There are way to many software applications which "tablets" and cellphones simply do not have enough zip to run them.

Cellphones and tablets are extremely limited in memory and storage, makes them totally rely on "cloud" type of storage and access, getting your files or something printed takes an act of congress making something so simple and turning it into a less than simple thing..

Personally, I STILL use Desktop PCs for all of my home use.. Now days I have multiple computers scattered around the house.. Some for specific tasks like editing 108i HD video (don't try that on a cellphone as it takes a min of a 2ghz dualcore processor and nearly 2 hrs to edit and render a 1/2hr of HD video).

I love being able to start a task and then walk away from technology and ignore it..

Glad others have flocked to all those low powered portable devices, it allows me to be able to buy much faster technology at rock bottom prices.. Recently bought a NEW 24" wide screen LED computer monitor for a whopping $80!.. I remember 20 yrs ago having a hard time finding and buying a refurbed 14" VGA CRT monitor for $150..

20 yrs ago buying with all new parts a 286 at a whopping 12mhz with 1 MEG ram and 10meg HD for $300.. Now for that $300 I can get a quad core at 3 ghz with 64 gig ram and 2 TB drive..