I chose to ignore some of what you typed. You know, emulating you.

I hear those are better with a giant PC monitor in your back pocket.

I’m picturing you typing that out with a serious look on your face. It’s great.

You keep your computer in the washroom?

It took you two days to type that out. I did this in 30 seconds.

Checkmate, atheists.

Ok.

Oh shit. I’m sorry, man. Here you go.

Yes, just like that.

Hey, I’m sorry you’re using a Jitterbug. Perhaps it’s time for a modern smartphone with a touch screen.

Snark aside, you most likely fall into some category of Luddite, hanging on to your PC and equating device to your personal dislike of (x) company.

You sweet boy, thinking your PC isn’t also a tool for spying on you. They’re all guilty, just in varying degrees.

I’m sorry I interrupted you. You may continue screeching.

Appreciate it.

I figure it’s the Reddit crowd that brought their habits over.

That being said, I’m partly to blame because I mirror their behavior back at them when they get really nasty.

Lmao. You’ve lost it, Anakin. I have the high ground.

There is a use case in this year that requires the use of a laptop and the Microsoft AI fiasco is making me stress a bit.

The other things you mentioned as slightly improved don’t give me hope.

Love that you responded to your own diatribe.

You know, I’m not sure if you’ve ever actually used a mobile device before, but they have this incredible new feature that lets you have multiple windows open at the same time. You do you, though, my incredibly fucking stupid old booboo.

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I have a tablet with a keyboard for writing. I have a phone that is synchronized to all files across both devices.

I don’t need a monitor because the tablet has a kickstand.

I don’t need a mouse because I can touch the screen. I could if I wanted to so there is a (now long-uncharged) wireless mouse in a drawer somewhere.

It’s convenient and I can simply walk up, touch the screen or keyboard and be typing away in about 5 seconds without fail.

The phone is even more convenient because it’s in my pocket.

I have zero worries about driver issues, subscriptions for anti-virus running out and the other things I’ve listed in my original comment that seem to have pissed off all the PC people.

One caveat I’m sure the angry old people will miss (on purpose?): For work- or academic-related items a PC or laptop is a better workflow than the mobile devices. If or when I next need that I’ll probably get a cheap laptop and then ditch it afterwards.

I don’t think I’ve mischaracterized the PC experience but it’s been about a decade since I ditched the technology. Do those PC-specific annoyances no longer exist?

Convenience trumps all the annoyances I associate with PCs. That includes installing: Ubuntu, Linux, alternate file applications such as OpenOffice, etc. I really can’t be bothered. I’m actually surprised (and humored) at how viciously the PC people have come out to scream at the clouds.

I wonder if this is how old people saw my generation when we ditched the typewriter for a computer?

If you made it here, I just wanna say thanks for a rational response. I know it’s hard having someone go against the grain online.

Something I’ve learned is that PC people are insane about accepting that there are better options out there.

Thanks for the lesson.

!!!

Preferring a phone over a PC trolling. Got it.

Sorry, I skipped all that.