To PC or not to PC
By Jason
Posted on February 7th, 2012
Shawn on the “iPad-as-PC” debate, piecing together the views both for and against, concluding with a resounding “Yay”; Yay Matthew Panzarino: Look, tablets are PCs, get over it. Andy Faust: It’s replacing people’s needs for traditional computing environments in the home and office, and people are buying it in record numbers. Wikipedia (from the definition of “Personal Computer”): A personal computer (PC) is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator. Nay Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: I agree with Moorhead, it’s time to stop the madness. If tablets are classed as PCs then why not smartphones? Or smartfridges? Or digital watches? There’s plenty…
