• rickdg@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Pay no attention to desktop dying as people lose awareness of personal computing and lock themselves into closed ecosystems.

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      4 days ago

      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…

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        4 days ago

        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.

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          I think this and a 300 dollar phone tends to work fine, a 300 dollar computer is absolute shit.