The real "Personal Computer" is of course the smartphone.

arminiusreturns 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

No, because it became a locked down ecosystem that is user-hostile and not user-controllable. I realized this when I observed the younger generation, who I thought would be much better than us at computing, who had not a clue how anything worked because they never had the ability, need, or desire to tinker with the underlying systems, with only rare exceptions (roms, etc).

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amelius 2 days ago | parent [-]

You are right, in a way. But losing your smartphone is like losing all your personal information. In that sense it is a personal computer.

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AngryData 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Depends on your lifestyle and location. The only thing I use my cellphone for is text messaging and looking at wikipedia or part numbers when im not at home. It is definitely useful, but 95% of my computer work is still done on a PC.

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hulitu 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> In that sense it is a personal computer.

No it is a "personal", but not "computer".

	▲	amelius 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not a general purpose computer, but still a computer.

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spankibalt 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

A smartphone (-like device) has indeed the potential to be an ultramobile general-purpose personal computer. Sadly, virtually all of them don't reach that potential.