Just been looking at some comparison stats of CL access, and found it fascinating to see the changing picture over what is really such a short space of time.
I suspect if it wasn't for work PC's, the humble desktop is almost obsolute. Would be interested to know the PC / Laptop split under Desktop.
Anyway, thought some of you might find this of interest
Year … 2014 … 13 … 12 … 11 … 10 … 09
Desktop … 46 … 50 … 63 … 78 … 88 … 99
Mobile … 34 … 35 … 27 … 21 … 12 … 1
Tablet … 20 … 15 … 10 … 1 … 0 … 0
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Tempted to ask what other aspects of our computer usage you can pick up on! :-)
iOS account for 68% of operating system access this year, Android 28%, Windows Phone 2%, Blackberry 1%
Away from my desk I wouldn't entertain using the laptop. I do use the phone from time to time but CL is perfect for an iPad. I don't need to wrote much, normally, and reading is so much easier on the larger screen.
http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/global/smartphone-os-market-share/article
More powerful than your namby pamby laptops and tablets
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I 'graze' briefly on CL whilst doing others things and make the odd comment but couldn't image sitting down for an hour long CL session on a desktop/laptop.
It is a given that we all need a computer of some kind these days, there is no way around that. But what sort of computer? And for what purpose? Do we really need to Tweet what we had for breakfast this morning? Using a computer is now necessary to monitor our bank account or find the best price for car insurance, but so much of what we do is ephemeral and the only reason we're doing it is because it's there (such as discussing niff-naff and trivia on this site..!!). If Twitter had never existed our lives would have been none the worse for that.
I think the use of tablets and smartphones is on the rise for no other reason than the fact that they are out there to be had, and they are heavily promoted and advertised. They become the next "must have" item for people who think they will somehow be left behind if they don't have one.
In my opinion, we reached the appropriate level of computer hardware necessary to function effectively in the internet age, with the laptop. It's portable, convenient, effective and ticks all the boxes to do what we need it to do. I have one and don't intend to "upgrade" to anything else.
Just for information, I own this laptop and a mobile phone that only makes calls and texts. It cannot take photos, access email or apps and it doesn't play crazy frog when it rings. It makes calls and texts. End of.
I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account and if I lived long enough, I would be quite happy to be the last human being on planet Earth without either. I wouldn't feel in the least bit deprived.
Technology is a wonderful servant but a rotten master and I feel sorry for smartphone junkies whose lives are dominated by something that is supposed to be the former but has become for many the latter. They would probably deny that they are subservient but just try taking their phone away from them. Good luck with that.
Me? I'll just pootle on in my own archaic, dinosaur type way. I do this because I enjoy it. I look in here when I feel like it and may not come back for days. Weeks even .
When it comes to internet usage I'm still in charge of what I do. I still call the shots. And I don't need the latest appliance to do it.
You can on a tablet do pretty much anything you need to, with more portability and quicker start-up than a laptop (Specialist computer programmes aside and maybe instances where formatting is better on a tradition device).
I poo-pooed the iPad when it came out. Who would use one when we have laptops?
Now our laptop is just used for photoshop, organising photo and music libraries and the odd website that the tablet does not like. So still used, but probably a couple of times per week at most.
With a family of three children five most of my internet usage is 'on the go' so these devices are ideal if you don't abuse them!