2015-04-27 19:18 GMT+02:00 meekerdb <[email protected]>: > On 4/27/2015 1:35 AM, LizR wrote: > > I think it goes without saying that the whole enterprise is mainly driven > by the profit motive (although of course there have been significant > injections from other areas, little things like the internet!) But the > profit motive requires that people keep buying, and that requires that > computers (in all their forms) continue to improve, since they don't tend > to wear out THAT quickly. > > > Then why can't I buy a laptop with as big a display (1920x1200) as my five > year old HP. >
Maybe because you can buy laptop with better display, like 4k resolution... http://www.toshiba.com/us/p50t And maybe because a lot of new things are done with mobile devices... there are phones that will have 4k display next year... > I think personal computers have already gone past their peak of > functionality and the "improvements" now are in the profit margin and the > minds of the marketing department. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
