On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:21:20 +0100, Per Jessen
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. -- http://twitter.com/znmeb http://borasky-research.net "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." -- Paul Erdős -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org