Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:13:56 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin <jpg@gnix.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore? Message-ID: <20110721161356.GI5129@think.gnix.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <D1A05C81F0C50B3453441AAB@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107190736560.27391@gwdu60.gwdg.de> <CAGy-%2Bi_phtNbTh7SHhockqTuGrv%2Bd2ZLn0_6A9aKEySYO0MgTw@mail.gmail.com> <375e5bcac1acd4b781ef97bd1718e689.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> <CAGy-%2Bi_aS4U_yUSLcesjyeCj2PBOL4A=UzXvYYKF1SqujN5vsg@mail.gmail.com> <D1A05C81F0C50B3453441AAB@mac-pro.magehandbook.com>
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On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 07:28:24PM -0400, Daniel Staal wrote: > --As of July 20, 2011 5:45:49 PM -0400, David Jackson is alleged to have > said: > > > but you also have scanners, cameras, joysticks, capture devices for video, > > and so on that many common users love to use. A lot of people use > > computers for writing, home and office business work, and gaming, and > > given the choice between a 3" screen and a 20" screen, you want a 20" > > screen. Even facebook is better on a 20" screen. > > > > I stand by what i said, mobile is great for use on a subway, but when you > > get home, you really want a nice 20" screen to work on, and the bigger > > hard drive and faster CPU. > > --As for the rest, it is mine. > > *All* of which can be connected to a tablet just as easily as a desktop. > (Well, except for a faster CPU.) I know people who do so. > > Current tablets have USB, Bluetooth, and HDMI/Displayport. > > Can you do everything on a tablet that you can on a dedicated desktop? No. > But you can do most of it, especially if the people writing the software > and designing the add-ons know that's the market they have to work with. Adding a variety of devices to a tablet still wouldn't make it an attractive option for me. I can't imagine doing my CS degree course-work on one of them, it would be a nightmare. I even found working on a laptop frustrating given the length of study sessions sometimes. Also, due to the nature of the course-work I absolutely could not work with anything other than UNIX and so I have to select my hardware around my choice of OS which of course is FreeBSD.
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