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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Indeed, although every one of us who have seen a tech hype train once or twice expected nothing less.

PDAs? Quantum computing. Touch screens. Siri. Cortana. Micropayments. Apps. Synergy of desktop and mobile.

From the outset this went from “hey that’s kind of neat” to quite possibly toppling some giants of tech in a flash. Now all we have to do is wait for the boards to give huge payouts to the pinheads that drove this shitwagon in here and we can get back to doing cool things without some imaginary fantasy stapled on to it at the explicit instruction of marketing and channel sales.

[-] youngalfred@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago
[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah a huge thing at one point. Anyone use a laptop with a tochscreen?

[-] rook@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago

The trackpad and trackpoint of my aging linux laptop stop working if the thing gets its lid shut. The touchscreen continues to work just fine, however. It turns out that while two stupid things can’t make a good thing, they can sometimes cancel each other out.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

A handy benefit no doubt, but not quite the earth-shaking revolution the touchscreen hype-train promised at the time.

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