Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (422 mails)

["M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:21:20 +0100, Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>
> > 3. Desktops are about making information workers productive - period.
> > They're *not* about eye candy or games or media consumption.  
>
> I would qualify that slightly differently - 
>
> Desktops are _primarily_ about making information workers productive -
> eye candy, games and media consumption are secondary, but nonetheless
> important.
>
>
> -- 
> Per Jessen, Zürich (3.8°C)

Up until the iPad took off, I would have agreed with you - Windows home
users *were* about games and media consumption. But I think the tide is
turning and consumers really don't want the hassle of a "whole PC" when
they can get game consoles and tablets and phones that show movies and play
games.
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