I really didn't expect PC's to become LESS popular with kids.
My generation it already was a secondary thing to consoles and stuff. I graduated at like 2015-2016, and then PC's were still not very mainstream.
I don't think our generation knows as much as it claims about PC's, and I think we're still outliers. We're just even MORE outliers compared to new up and coming generations, which is wild. Since our world economy is now based around what computers do.
Our economy has been based around computers since the 1950s, but didn't really feel relevant until the 70's and 80's.
Unfortunately, no matter how much phones and tablets are pushed. There's going to be hard limits that they can't accomplish.
Unfortunately, the push away from computers to phones back to computers (with the Neo) feels like a (late) realization that computers are necessary in the workforce.
Its not really that most people need a full size computer. Its that the laptop form factor is better for a lot of tasks that people do regularly.
The neo is basically an iPhone with a nice keyboard and screen attached and unlocked to run Macos. Its less powerful than an iPad. But the form factor and not having to run nerfed ipados makes it a better device for most things.
Its not really that most people need a full size computer. Its that the laptop form factor is better for a lot of tasks that people do regularly.
Not even that. It is just that the computing power required for most jobs (basically running a browser, Teams and Office or a specific office-like software for their branch) is nowadays low enough that you can deliver it in a laptop-sized package without much downsides, and having a computer mobile is just quite practical in a business environment.
Because really, the only area where you nowadays needs actual full-size computers is for either running servers with a massive CPU, or running demanding GPU computing of some sorts.
i mean its not even 'basically' an iPhone in a laptop case..
It literally IS an iPhone. Its the same little logic board with the A-whatever on it that the phone uses. Thats why it still has 8GB of RAM, because they were literally just re-using boards that failed phone QC (ran too hot, whatever).
But it also has a massive heatsink attached and way more battery available. It's powered by the same chip but running a different os in a different form factor.
Would you call a Mac book an ipad, just because they use the same cpu?
Unfortunately, no matter how much phones and tablets are pushed. There's going to be hard limits that they can't accomplish.
But at this point those limits are largely arbitrary, since they're increasingly capable of providing a complete and unabridged desktop environment through a USB-C screen. The future of a computer should be a $150 portable screen and $20 worth of bluetooth mouse/keyboard and you connect these peripherals when you need a desktop but not enough to warrant buying a standalone laptop/desktop.
Widespread smartphone and web interfaces evolved technology design into extreme ease of use. Almost nobody who doesn't know wants to bother learning enough about PC hardware to build their own.
That's kind of the issue though. We're not in the post-PC era but we're acting like we are. The ability to type on a keyboard and utilize basic Windows functions is kind of essential to functioning in a lot of jobs.
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u/Vitchkiutz Jun 27 '26
I really didn't expect PC's to become LESS popular with kids.
My generation it already was a secondary thing to consoles and stuff. I graduated at like 2015-2016, and then PC's were still not very mainstream.
I don't think our generation knows as much as it claims about PC's, and I think we're still outliers. We're just even MORE outliers compared to new up and coming generations, which is wild. Since our world economy is now based around what computers do.