The need for "Modern PCs"

[Iggy]

In your daily life, what things do you do, that you could do with the aid of a so called "modern PC", that you do with something else?

A legacy system, NG system, your cell phone etc.

I'm curious.

Because there seems to be some kind hubris being lloated around by others that they have a set of specifications for what your devices must have, be or do to have utility in your real life.

This is important to me, because since the '70s I've been devoted to the idea of personal computing, but just like musical styles have broadened and mixed so too have the ways or electronic devices can enrich our live.

So personal computers seem less...relevant (arrgghh!).

Heck, I know people that live without computers. And with a smartphone, that's a real option.

Give me some thoughtful feedback, not the flames I've been getting lately.

Jim

[Iggy]

Good Stuff!
A spread spectrum of opinions and personal choices.
Kind of what could be expected.

Myself?
When I stopped using software the required real horsepower (for video editing), I simplified and got rid of most of the modern stuff.
I kept a netbook and a laptop for convenient Windows use (and because its an easier platform to rip movies in).
I use my MorphOS stuff (primarily my Powerbook now) for web browsing and e-mail. .
And I'm beginning to find a smartphone an essential part of my gear.
Tried tablets and other larger carry abouts, but they weren't convenient.

So PC are not obsolete, but we're all using other stuff as well?

[Iggy]

I find so little difference between the two that the argument seems pointless.

[Iggy]

Wow. Even without getting personal I can create a thread that keeps you guys making polarized contentious statements for days!
Cool!
BTW - I don't really like tablets.
Still using laptops and netbooks.

Moving over to the Coffee House for a few indirect jibs.

[Iggy]

haha.. welcome to the forum age.. trolololo..

Nah, I just think its something to do with Amigans.
They just really like to argue.
Even when there's no clear cut answer.

If they shared ancestors I'd say it was genetic.
If they lived near each other, something in the water.
Maybe legacy Amigas give off low level radiation or some kind of rfi that screws up the mental processes.

Who knows.

But it remind me of what my wife said about why they don't use Akitas as sled dogs.
Get them all harnessed up, shout "mush", and they turn into a whirling ball chewing at one another without moving forward.

As Franko would have said, ta.