The goal posts keep moving. I remember when it was the Year of Linux. Linux dominates every market except Desktop and Console. The Year of “Desktop” Linux is what we’ve shifted too. The only thing that’s kept Windows the dominant OS on Desktop is vendor lockin. Windows isn’t even the dominant OS on Azure. How pathetic. Without vendor lockin, Linux would have seen all kinds of money for engineering efforts from PC manufacturers for Desktop. Sad part is, so many people actually think they chose Windows.
“You can have any color car you want, as long as it’s green.” - Comrade Car Salesman
Pay no attention to desktop dying as people lose awareness of personal computing and lock themselves into closed ecosystems.
I was surprised how many co-workers my age and younger (GenZ) don’t even own a laptop let alone a desktop.
I know it was becoming more niche, but didn’t expect it to happen that fast…
I’m a millennial but I didn’t own my own PC until I was like 21 (even then, half the parts in it were handmedowns from my Dad). I would have never been able to afford a laptop of the time. Computers are an expensive purchase all at once. Phones come with subsidized plans. That’s probably why you see a lot more bias towards them.
I think this and a 300 dollar phone tends to work fine, a 300 dollar computer is absolute shit.
a 300 dollar computer is absolute shit
You, sir, need to see what an Optiplex 7040 can do.
