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Whisky-dave wrote:


students now take notes on laptops or tablets. correspondence is via
email or texting.

Students rarely take notes in lectures on anything.

oh yes they do, on their laptops or tablets.



Well Apple still haven't come up with a touchscreen computer, other than
converting an iPad.

nonsense. iphones and ipads are in every way touchscreen computers.

So why do people buy computers if they can do everything on a phone or
tablet, and other makes of phone and tablets have touchscreens too.

nobody said someone can do everything on a phone or tablet.

the fact remains that smartphones and tablets are computers.

But Apple still don't have a desktop or laptop with a touchscreen why ?

because it's a stupid idea.

mac os was never designed for touch and shoehorning touch onto it is a
guaranteed failure.

Maybe soon they will.

no they won't.

what will do is offer a touch-based operating system that can also use
a keyboard. it's called an ipad and also an iphone.



Our lab PCs have touchscreens and cost us under £500 each.
Apple still has a relatively small share of the computer market theres a
reason.

because of microsoft's illegal and predatory business practices,

MS don't really make many laptops or computers.
Our PCs are Dell.

completely missing the point.


and
market share has nothing to do with idiot-proof anyway.

Never said it did, what it proves is that not everyone wants to spend extra
on a Mca when they can do what they want with a cheaper device.
That;s why our lap has Dell PCs.

it's a myth that macs cost extra.

prices are competitive for similar specs.