/biz/ - Business & Finance

[Anonymous No.18170697]

Today I overheard my normie coworkers talk about how nobody has computers anymore because they are old technology and the flu is making everybody get one now for school. Is this a massive sell signal?

[Anonymous No.18170818]

>>18170697
Damn that's a sweet build

[Anonymous No.18171144]

>>18170697
Unironically a guy I know that’s a retarded dropout meth dealer says the same thing “everybody’s just gonna use their phones lol”

[Anonymous No.18171182]

>>18170697
>>18171144
My sister has two kids that are high school aged and they haven't owned a computer since like 2014. They all just indeed use their phones and tablets. For games they just go on a PS4 or Switch or something.

[Anonymous No.18171210]

>>18171182
>>18171144
Most people have a laptop at least, but for the average person they dont need a computer, everything is possible on their phone/tablet and you cant use apps like snapchat on your pc

[Anonymous No.18171230]

the pleb class can get by with a tablet or phone, but anyone who wants to build anything needs a computer

[Anonymous No.18171251]

>>18170697
>nobody has computers anymore because they are old technology
wait wait wait, WHAT?

[Anonymous No.18171274]

>>18170697
yes, sell your computer

[Anonymous No.18171297]

>>18171251
I mean yeah when you think about it, laptops and especially desktops, who the hell sits at a desk like it's the 1800s and they're writing on parchment paper with a quill and ink well. Why carry around a giant laptop when a phone fits in your pocket

[Anonymous No.18171310]

>>18171251
When boomers say computer, they mean desktop pc

[Anonymous No.18171335]

>>18171297
because with a laptop you can do things that you can't do with a phone, and this is what normies have to keep believing, in order to allow technology to go on

[Anonymous No.18171339]

>>18171297
People with white collar jobs.

[Anonymous No.18171340]

>>18170697
It's so sad. I've been able to save a couple of my zoomie cousins through leading by example but I've got more than a few who think they can get by in life entirely through iphone, even for vidya.

[Anonymous No.18171345]

Only nerds use desktop PC's, most people use laptops

[Anonymous No.18171350]

>>18171310
laptops are pretty shit as well, I mean the whole point is that they were portable-sized computers in the 90s and 2000s, especially in comparison to their 35 lbs desktop counterparts - but a phone is the epitome of portable-sized technology and it does everything a laptop does in terms of practical use

[Anonymous No.18171378]

>>18171350
So you don't own at least 1 giant desktop and 2-3 laptops? Who are you?

[Anonymous No.18171406]

>>18171378
A normie doesnt need a 3000 rig with a 3080 TI when all they do is snapchat and instagram and game on a console
a 200 chromebook is enough for their youtube and word documents

[Anonymous No.18171410]

>>18171350
Yeah, lemme just type up my 2000 word essay on my phone and cite all my sources.

[Anonymous No.18171438]

>>18171350
Plz stalph anon, even if this is a pantomime of zoomer conception of technology. There are no phones with 32gb of ram or effective ports for multiple external hard drives.

[Anonymous No.18171450]

>>18171350
>it does everything a laptop does in terms of practical use
Can't run linux. Can't develop shit

[Anonymous No.18171474]

>>18171410
You easily can though

>>18171378
I own a computer but I'm 35 years old and it's what we grew up on.

16 year old normies don't really give a shit about computers unless they're Reddit STEM fags or future 4chan incels or something. They have Netflix and NBA vieo games on their XBox, youtube and spotify on their phone, etc.

[Anonymous No.18171497]

>>18171474
Yes i know, but you will agree with me that this is disgusting.

[Anonymous No.18171499]

>>18171438
>>18171450
practical use for the average normie, no normie is running Linux Bitcoin farms or whatever you STEM people do with your 5000$ computers.

[Anonymous No.18171519]

>>18171497
>Yes i know, but you will agree with me that this is disgusting.
No I think it's fine. People made the jump from typewriters & TV to the deskstop/laptop computer and now they're making the transition towards tablets & phone.

[Anonymous No.18171533]

>>18171230
How? There's so much basic life shit you can't do with a phone at all. Like how do you write and format a CV or a document, or an email with more than 2 sentences in it? Hell, I can't even trust my phone to buy a plane ticket or do anything finance related because of how broken and unnavigable mobile versions of websites are.

>>18171297
Desktop is the ultimate comfy/efficiency setup for anyone doing anything productive with a computer. You just can't physically do anything worthwhile for longer than an hour hunched over some coffee table or lying on the sofa.

[Anonymous No.18171556]

rofl at all these retards exposing their low level of education and/or intelligence.

[Anonymous No.18171585]

>>18171519
They have? I thought most people still own a laptop or computer for writing documents and stuff

[Anonymous No.18171632]

>>18171533
> Like how do you write and format a CV or a document, or an email with more than 2 sentences in it?

You write and format it actually as easily as anything else, sounds like the problem is you not the phone. Like 80 years olds trying to use windows 95 and being like I MADE A MISTAKE IN THE SPELLING, HOW DO I PUT IN A NEW SHEET OF PAPER INTO THE COMPUTER SCREEN AND WHICH THING IS THE MOUSE AGAIN

>>18171533
>Desktop is the ultimate comfy
I stopped reading there. You know how many afflictions come from sitting at a desk all day long?

[Anonymous No.18171636]

>>18171585
they do, the other anons just being retarded. virtually everyone who writes anything >300 words does it on a laptop or computer

[Anonymous No.18171654]

LAPTOP FAGS IN THIS THREAD HAHAHHA
U OVERHEATING BOYS?
signed : desktop master race

[Anonymous No.18171671]

>>18171585
I'm sure most still own a computer here and there, but I don't doubt for a second that it's mostly just there as a vestigial sentimental thing.

[Anonymous No.18171713]

>>18171632
>let me see your resume
>sperg hands me his phone
next

[Anonymous No.18171722]

I sense a normie shoah incoming.

[Anonymous No.18171728]

>>18171713
You can print from a phone, grandpa.

[Anonymous No.18171740]

>>18171713
not during an interview, dipshit

[Anonymous No.18171779]

>>18171632
>IT EZ TRUST ME
>doesn't actually answer the question

>You know how many afflictions come from sitting at a desk all day long?
Still relatively the best pose you can assume while working with a computer. Maybe only exception is a standing desk, which still requires, you know... a desktop. I wanna see you write code or a dissertation on your shitty phone faggot.

[Anonymous No.18171788]

>>18171519
Kill yourself, age traitor
Go suck a 19 year old's tiktok watching dick

[Anonymous No.18171793]

>>18171519
No, they're not buying in for your gpu upgrades

[Anonymous No.18171801]

>>18171474
Not on that 6"x3" screen youre not

[Anonymous No.18171884]

>>18171632
>He doesn't read a paper
>while he listens to his fav music without ads
>while he compares it with two books, 3 papers and news
>while he reads 4ch
>while he checks the market
>while he learns another shit
>while he prepares a New dumb meme in paint
>while he talks with friends in his normiephone
Yikes

[Anonymous No.18171999]

>>18171779
>>18171788
>>18171793
>>18171801
>>18171884
buyer's remorse you guys?

[Anonymous No.18172003]

NORMIES GET OFF MY FUCKING BOARD
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.18172028]

>>18171999
fuck no, if i could i would buy even more desktops

[Anonymous No.18172092]

>>18171999
A powerful PC is unironically one of the best investments you can make in life.

[Anonymous No.18172167]

>>18172092
I have a decent laptop and I am looking to build a desktop, so I know there's dozens of things that one can't do on a simple tablet or a phone.

I also get it that the average normie only uses a computer as a youtube/facebook machine, so of course for them a phone is the same but more convenient.

[Anonymous No.18172275]

I will own a desktop for as long as I can. Unbeatable.

[Anonymous No.18172302]

>>18171297
I work from home since 2016
Company gave me a little 15'' laptop.
Ever since I built a desktop my efficiency grew enabling me to have more free time.
I latter purchased a secondary vertical screen and my efficiency grew another 50%.
Also, ergonomic desk, gaming chair, etc..

It's like arguing about the point of buying a BMW 5-series over a toyota corolla. People are retarded.
Normies being normies.
Even worse when it's the bosses having that mentality.

BTW, I connect remotely to another desktop at my desk at the company office that is in another country, I also got them to upgrade that desktop too.

[Anonymous No.18172830]

you guys are missing the point.
Samsung has Dex which allows you to plug your phone into a docking station like you would a laptop.
Dex is a game changer, because it allows people with good phones to pull up presentations and excel sheets and other basic shit, expect laptop and tablets to disappear and only desktops and phones to remain

[Anonymous No.18172859]

>>18171533
You can do document editing on a phone it's just a pain in the ass in my view.

[Anonymous No.18173153]

>>18170818
I thought you had to be 18 to post here.

[Anonymous No.18173166]

>>18171230
Or maybe prepare a document with more than 240 characters.

[Anonymous No.18173233]

>>18171474
>I own a computer but I'm 35 years old and it's what we grew up on.
We also have a little bit more to do with a computer when we're 35 than check Insta and play Vidya.

[Anonymous No.18173258]

>>18172830
People have been hyping this kind of shit since the early days of the iPhone. The thing is until smartphones are capable of running an actual computer OS compatible with actual PC applications and not some Android/iOS BS with babby handicapped Apps, phones and tablets have absolutely no chance in replacing traditional PCs where it matters.

[Anonymous No.18173284]

>>18171533
>Desktop is the ultimate comfy/efficiency setup for anyone doing anything productive with a computer. You just can't physically do anything worthwhile for longer than an hour hunched over some coffee table or lying on the sofa.
Correct. It is impossible to sit with ergonomic posture and use a laptop. You're either setting yourself up for a pinched nerve in the neck, or carpal tunnel in the wrists.
A laptop is a temporary portable device for people who might actually need their computer in the field. It's a travel accesssory for your desktop.

[Anonymous No.18173300]

>>18171632
>has clearly never had a job

[Anonymous No.18173320]

>>18173258
dude i got a samsung galaxy 9, its easily better then most tablets. when i plug it in to my desktop, and its like opening a virtual machine, and it recognizes my mouse and keyboard and only one monitor, but its new tech. it'll only get better

[Anonymous No.18173362]

>>18171728
No boss, I'm good. Give that ancient desktop to the old lady over there. I'll just tap out the TPS reports on my phone with my thumbs while I'm kicked back in a bean bag chair with my wireless earbuds if you don't mind. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.18173378]

>>18171779
He's never had a job, anon. You're arguing wtih a 15yr old that thinks he can tap TPS reports with his thumbs.

[Anonymous No.18173417]

>>18172302
>It's like arguing about the point of buying a BMW 5-series over a toyota corolla. People are retarded.
Like arguing with someone who lives in an apartment why anyone would need to own a lawn mower.

[Anonymous No.18173453]

>>18172830
>expect laptop and tablets to disappear and only desktops and phones to remain
Yep. It's the laptop and tablet that will be replaced by the phone.
At some point I could see having the monitors and keyboards for a desktop, and the chip is in your phone. Computer only works while the phone is in range or some shit.

[Anonymous No.18173505]

>>18170697
No, they're obsolete unless you're a boomercuck.

[Anonymous No.18173516]

>>18170697
Computers are old technology? Who are those people and how are they capable of getting dressed in the morning?

[Anonymous No.18173519]

Desktop is better for gaming and heavy tasks such as rendering, multitasking and data analysis.

Laptop for simplicity and mobility.

Laptops are more expensive spec vs spec.
Desktop offer more powerful solutions that a laptop cannot offer.

Chads use powerful desktops.
Normies use laptops
Poor people use normal desktops.

/Thread

[Anonymous No.18173524]

>>18173320
Docking a phone is not new tech

[Anonymous No.18173531]

>>18170697
We are entering a new Paradigm.
We need a new Computer.
Hopefully it’s Urbit.

[Anonymous No.18173549]

>>18170697
phsyical keyboard is a very nice input device

[Anonymous No.18173555]

You cunts realize that shit your discussing are all computers right?

>Computer
an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program

[Anonymous No.18173560]

>>18173555
No, we're discussing desktop PC's. Try to keep up, buddy

[Anonymous No.18173575]

>>18173524
maybe i'm just old i was blown away, when i could play my phones total war game on my montior and keyboard. i think its finally practical

[Anonymous No.18173591]

>>18171251
He is right, only enthusiasts have computers now, just like it was in the beginning.

I don't even mind.

[Anonymous No.18173595]

>>18173516
He's not making this up, I live infront of a student housing condo thing, out of all of them 1 person has a laptop, all of them use their phones for internet or tablets

[Anonymous No.18173611]

>>18171310
That is what it means, a phone is a phone.

[Anonymous No.18173643]

>Trolling outside of /b/
Moooooooooods

[Anonymous No.18173689]

Laptop ownership above 50% for age range 16-24: https://www.statista.com/statistics/274175/laptop-owners-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-age-group/

[Anonymous No.18173708]

>>18173595
>all of them use their phones for internet or tablets

[Anonymous No.18173733]

8 core pc with 3 screens and productivity doing anything is massively higher than a laptop or phone or even the same pc with 1 screen. These people are fucking retards.

[Anonymous No.18173762]

>>18173560
Technically all those things are PC's and I'm not your buddy fren.

>>18173595
My point is that those are still computers. I'm not surprised, normies don't need much more. Anyone white workers will almost always and for the foreseeable future need a laptop and netwrok storage.
anything comp sci a PC for better productivity. Looking at the history of the tech it has always been for enthusiasts. Except for the two decades when cookie cutter builds were mass produced for office work. The era of the test bench need is back.

[Anonymous No.18173777]

>>18173762
White collar, Chinese phone is more racist than I am.

[Anonymous No.18173790]

>>18173762
>Technically all those things are PC's
What things?

[Anonymous No.18173811]

>>18173762
>My point is that those are still computers
Why do you keep arguing semantics? You've already been informed that we use the term "computer" to mean desktop PC

[Anonymous No.18173865]

Phone is okay for shitposting while on the go, but doing almost anything on it is a headache and not comfy.

[Anonymous No.18173893]

>>18173708
Phones ruined the internet and turned netizens into a bunch of braindead consoomers. The internet used to be full of OC and fun things made by users. Now most just consoom garbage fed to them by advertisers and big media companies.

[Anonymous No.18173923]

>>18173811
Then you're a cunt and should be hanged for being a cunt, just so you're informed I'm using the word cunt to men cunt.

[Anonymous No.18173975]

>>18170697
so whats your point? Did you invest specifically in x86 architecture? Most all investments in semiconductor companies or nvidia and the like are just as relevant whether it be mobile or desktop growth.

[Anonymous No.18174015]

>>18173893
You are not wrong.

[Anonymous No.18174027]

>>18173811
>You've already been informed that we use the term "computer" to mean desktop PC

That is all it ever meant and that is all it means now, that anon playing games is just a joker.

[Anonymous No.18174049]

>>18174027
I never implied otherwise but you keep reply to my posts as if I did

[Anonymous No.18174060]

>>18173762
DESKTOP D-E-S-K-T-O-P

[Anonymous No.18174096]

>>18174060
Thank you, someone here knows some nomenclature.

>>18174027
Motherfucker, do I write like I have scars on my cheeks?

[Anonymous No.18174206]

>>18173284
True this. I have a 2080 ti 9900k pc. And a 240Hz 2080 max q thin laptop. The refresh rate is better atm, but I still prefer sitting at my desk man with my morning coffee, it's a boomer thing.

[Anonymous No.18174231]

>>18170697
>nobody has computers anymore because they are old technology

[Anonymous No.18174253]

>>18173893
Yeah normies have flooded literally everything. I still remember years ago when normies didn't even know what memes were or ever even post them for anything, now it's commonplace to plaster cringey memes on every comment thread.

[Anonymous No.18174275]

ffs. I use a dual monitor (4:3 aspect ratio) huge ass Xeon server (ddr3 ecc) from 2010 as desktop for trading. Doesnt get more reliable than this. Raid 1 hardware setup for redundancy. Beats any laptop or gaming pc for reliability. I am not even 30 y.o. yet.

[Anonymous No.18174288]

also, dual power supplies masterrace. the best thing is you can find them in the trash or for pennies these days.

[Anonymous No.18174316]

>>18174231
Few adverts triggered me as much as this one when I first saw it

https://youtu.be/7iM09Q2E1z0

[Anonymous No.18174347]

>>18174316
I am still buttblasted.

[Anonymous No.18174403]

>>18174316
ahahaha, wtf. would fuck though.

[Anonymous No.18174459]

>>18174316
not sure if its a girl or a faggot though... might not fuck after all..

[Anonymous No.18174480]

>>18173595
I find phone screens too small to be enjoyable, even these modern with huge screens that are almost tablets feel awkward to use for long prolonged times, I get dizzy pretty fast. I have 3 23 inch monitors in front of me, it's hard to get used to a 6 inch screen.

[Anonymous No.18174489]

>>18170697
>>18170818
>>18173153

[Anonymous No.18174497]

>>18170697
Nah, it's just that the plebs are being priced out of computers. The pleb nowadays buys a tablet for his internet needs and plays games on a console, because a decent GPU nowadays costs more than the latest console.
That said, the plebs don't even know how to use a computer, how they work and what they are for.

[Anonymous No.18174518]

>>18174459
dat a womanz, can't you see brah?
where dem white wimenz at though?

[Anonymous No.18174522]

we need a new virus.

[Anonymous No.18174547]

>>18174497
lol, fuck off moron. only reason you need to spend more than 200 dollars on a video card is for a 4k monitor, which by itself gets pricey.
i'm not falling for it, i'm quite happy playing games on my gtx 1060 with a 1080p monitor

[Anonymous No.18174563]

>>18174518
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llZys3xg6sU
look, you still think its a woman?
jesus all these ads are engineered to make you doubt... unbelievable

[Anonymous No.18174595]

>>18174547
Poor pleb detected
>not having ray tracing
>not having full-range HDR
>not having 144 FPS on Ultra settings to match your 144hz monitor
>not dunking on scrubs in online games, because you are always half a second ahead
>not enjoying VR games in smooth FPS

Stay poor, fag.

[Anonymous No.18174631]

>>18171350
>but a phone is the epitome of portable-sized technology and it does everything a laptop does in terms of practical use
lelmao

[Anonymous No.18174654]

Maybe because I'm a boomer in my 30s, I never caught smart phone fever and barely know how to use them to their fullest extent. They are great tools in a pinch but if I'm at home there's nothing better than a desktop PC with a giant screen, a mouse, and infinitely better processing power than a shitty phone. Its what I grew up with and I'm not changing so I've now become the boomer who refuses to use modern technology.

[Anonymous No.18174687]

just put a android emulator on your computer if you need some smartphone shit. whatever that may be.

[Anonymous No.18174727]

>>18174595
yep you caught me, i'm not willing to spend money on shit the human body can't even see...
but its all good man keep falling for the propaganda, gotta keep the economy going

[Anonymous No.18174733]

>>18173453
>>18172830
wrong. PHONES are going to be replaced. By foldable phone tablets.

[Anonymous No.18174770]

the plan is to replace every phone and every tablet and every computer with thin clients connected to a giant IBM mainframe via 5g network. like that you wont even need a cpu OK? you think youre smart enough for a cpu? go home!

[Anonymous No.18174797]

>>18174654
>>18171519
completely retarded fucking analogy, modern doesn't mean better.

A computer gives you far more power and customizability than a TV or typewriter. It's literally just better at everything, and does infinitely more things.

A smartphone does not give you more power at all. A smartphone is an upgrade TO A FLIP PHONE. Using a smartphone instead of a laptop is a REGRESSION in technology.

[Anonymous No.18174842]

>>18174654
Same. I simply can't use smartphones properly. Doing searches or even something as simple as browsing is simply better on a large monitor, on a smartphone it's just painful.

[Anonymous No.18174886]

>>18174770
except the mainframe is a blockchain

[Anonymous No.18174901]

>>18174770
Unironically this.
Subscription everything, own nothing.

[Anonymous No.18174930]

the last useable smartphone was the Nokia N900 with a full debian linux on it. since then its all downhill. that was the apex smartphone. now I just keep hoarding servers and pcs from core 2 duo and athlon 64s, xeons, even had some sparcs for some more exotic shit. This will be worth gold soon when people find out that they have to install a brain computer interface to be able to use their ipads. screencap this.

[Anonymous No.18175057]

>>18174886
you think they will let you run the nodes? it would be too slow anyway. 14 tx per second? not going to happen. it would have to be a centralized ledger for that to happen = might as well be a huge mainframe.

[Anonymous No.18175102]

>>18174797
Looks like you need to "Upgrade" your reading comprehension skills

[Anonymous No.18175111]

>>18170697
It's a massive buy signal, actually. Normies have NO idea. This is why I'm loading up on privacy shit out of the normie tier like ARPA.

MPC is years away, just like LINK.

[Anonymous No.18175138]

>>18175057
>he doesn't know
It's a whole new kind of Moore's law lad.

[Anonymous No.18175206]

>>18175138
call me when someone has solved the scalability problem. until then its crypto and poker games for your blockchain

[Anonymous No.18175212]

>>18174654
Phones are nice because of portability. Desktops are the real workhorses though.

[Anonymous No.18175369]

>>18175206
compression and nand

[Anonymous No.18175407]

>>18175369
compression = overhead
nand = to make up for overhead.