On 28 April 2015 at 05:18, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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. >
My point was that they are doing - or trying to do - whatever they think will make people want to buy them. However, I agree that PCs as such have probably peaked (but they are very useful for writers such as myself, even so). -- 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.
