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by codingthebeach
3844 days ago
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Interesting ah..perspective. To me, and to most builders, Windows desktops, and OS X / Linux desktops, are far more viable than iOS or Android; not less. Even John Gruber admits that the iOS app store is rotting. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/12/01/sketch-leaves-m... Desktop machines may not be sexy -- unless you happen to like games, your example of choice -- but they're reliable, users understand them, they exist in huge numbers, and they're never going away, because humans will always like large, high-resolution displays, and whatever computing device provides that will be "the desktop" going forward. The comment about "infesting Windows PC with viruses and software" is also inaccurate, and has been since about 2008 or so. |
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You mean capable, not viable. I use a big desktop too and prefer that for serious work, but I am not a mainstream user. I know how to secure my PC: I install Visual Studio, Node, Office, Java, Android SDK some utilities and not much else. Ok: I'll also install Minecraft and Steam for my kids. They also prefer the PC over the iPad for serious gaming.
But even installing java on a PC is not consumer-safe. I read an article where someone tried installing the top-10 most popular free apps from download.com accepting all defaults: after just 3 the PC was completely hosed. Therefore I advise most normal people to just use an iPad for consumer things.