From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 21 16:13:56 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E88B2106564A for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:13:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jpg@gnix.co.uk) Received: from think.gnix.co.uk (griffin.gnix.co.uk [80.229.5.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BA408FC0A for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:13:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from think.gnix.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by think.gnix.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6LGDusv006475 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:13:56 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jpg@gnix.co.uk) Received: (from jpg@localhost) by think.gnix.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.4/Submit) id p6LGDuAP006474 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:13:56 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jpg@gnix.co.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: think.gnix.co.uk: jpg set sender to jpg@gnix.co.uk using -f Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:13:56 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110721161356.GI5129@think.gnix.co.uk> References: <375e5bcac1acd4b781ef97bd1718e689.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.gnix.co.uk/~jpg/jpg-pubkey.asc X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE X-URL: http://www.gnix.co.uk/~jpg/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:13:57 -0000 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.