Subj : Re: Intel: Once mighty, now falling?
To   : StormTrooper
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Jun 04 2025 10:25 am

  Re: Re: Intel: Once mighty, now falling?
  By: StormTrooper to Nightfox on Wed Jun 04 2025 01:07 pm

 St> I think you're mixing your personal preferences with generalisations
 St> there. While I too will never trade in my pooty, there's a whole
 St> generation out there that pretty much haven't touched a PC .. schools work
 St> on tablets, the entire course is on tablet not a book in sight let alone a

Yeah, I suppose I might be looking at it based on my own preferences.  I always thought desktops and/or laptops would always be fairly popular though..  And by "pooty", do you mean computer?

I guess it is true that a lot of the younger generation(s) are mainly using tablets and phones these days.  I feel like it's a little interesting (and weird) to see - I think there are tasks that are best done with a physical keybaord and bigger screen.

 St> PC.   And while I too might like looking at photos on a bigger screen,
 St> there's plenty and the rest of my family would be among them, that just
 St> never go near one.

I'd think there are still everyday tasks like sending an email, typing a message or a response on social media, etc., that's just easier on a desktop or laptop due to the physical keyboard..  I personally type a lot faster and more accurately on a physical keybaord.  But I guess that's just not what a lot of people prefer anymore?

 St> Only time I see anyone is when they want to print
 St> something.  I have a decent printer, but she's not wifi or phone friendly
 St> :)

:)  I realized a while ago I can print from my phone (and I do have a printer that can connect to my network, via eithernet or wifi).  I don't print very often though, and when I do, I usually do it from my computer - mainly because that's where I tend to save & keep my documents & such.  I generally try not to keep anything of value solely on my phone, though I do have a lot of photos on it that I've taken with the phone camera (which I back up on my PC every so often).

Also, sometimes I'll sell something on eBay, and I'll get a shipping label from eBay which I print from my PC.  I feel like that's easier to do from my PC, but maybe because I'm used to doing it that way.  Although I have a label printer, the label that I get from eBay is in PDF format, and the PDF is formatted for an 8.5"x11" sheet of paper, so I'll take a screenshot and copy just the label portion, which fits neatly onto a printed label. I find the screenshot & copying easy to do on a PC, though I suppose I could do that on my phone too. But also, the label printer I bought is USB only (no network connectivity), so I pretty much have to do that from my PC. :)

Nightfox
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