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Am I the only person for whom the answer to this question is "almost none?"

I'm serious: about 80% of my day is meeting with real people in the real world. Mobile phones haven't changed that.

The other 20% of my day is sitting at my desk creating original work product (mathematical models and thoughtful memoranda) or reviewing the work product of others. Mobile phones haven't changed that, either.

No doubt the drought in PC sales is real and permanent. But I wonder how much of that is because people just don't need to keep their laptops up to date in the age of great cloud services.

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Nah. I think there are more than a few of us around. I mostly avoid using my smart phone and I don't have a data plan. I had to buy it because I was travelling abroad and it was a light device I could use to communicate and take photos with. Most of my work is done on my laptop.

Yeah, mobile hasn't figured out a good way to take over the workspace. Some of the tablet/laptop hybrids are getting closer.

As for entertainment though, are you watching Youtube extensively on your desktop?

I know this sounds crazy, but there are still some people who have cable subscriptions and watch TV on a TV. Oh the horror!

Those TVs are now 'smart' along with cable boxes and other peripherals. Is Intel Inside any of those?

> Yeah, mobile hasn't figured out a good way to take over the workspace. Some of the tablet/laptop hybrids are getting closer.

There already is a relatively mobile tablet/desktop hybrid that works pretty great for both consumption and getting work done. It's called a laptop.

> As for entertainment though, are you watching Youtube extensively on your desktop?

Yes. I have a phone, a tablet, a desktop, and a laptop. The tablet is pretty much only used for netflix and textbooks, and the phone is for travelling. The tablet is absolutely worthless for browsing, coding, writing, or gaming; and the phone is only saved by the form factor. If I had (the space for) a TV then the tablet would be a completely unjustifiable purchase.

Laptops typically aren't considered mobile devices (if we're being pedantic). Try running mobile apps on your laptop.

And yes, mobile devices have taken away entertainment share from the desktop as well as televisions.

Sure, say portable if that makes you happier. Not that it matters though, mobile programs are the ones trying to catch up to desktop programs, not the other way around.

No, you aren't the only one that barely uses mobile stuff. My desktops and use of laptops is essentially required for my job (software engineering). I've seen 1 person switch to a tablet, but I'm not sure they have enough power to do the things I need. One day all of this will merge into a single unit, but right now I see separate needs/uses for both.

Great cloud services, or the fact that my work has in no way been accelerated by newer processors. The only noticeably workflow-related speed increase I've had in the last five years is damn near zero-margin SSDs.

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