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Sorry but bollocks. And I'm fed up with this utter crap being spewed at every available moment.

The day the local pc repair shops shut, the day the local electronics store shuts and the day that people pry my universal computing device out of my hands and the 3-4 billion other people let it go, I'll believe it.

Until then, this is a fad.

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What local PC repair shops? Near me, most of the options are now large chain stores that don't even sell "old style" desktops, but mostly laptops, with a corner set aside for "all in one" desktops they most certainly don't have anyone who can repair on the precises. Another, already larger, section at my nearest chain store now sells tablets.

The local electronics store doesn't sell PC's at all, though it sells some components. And it does sell tablets.

But of course, these tablets are still "universal computing devices" too. Just in more convenient form factors.

I live in London, UK. They are literally everywhere.

A tablet is not a universal computing device: it's a portal for consuming stuff from a content producer. If it stood alone, then it would be, but they don't - none of them!

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