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by prodigal_erik 5524 days ago
I think laptops running iOS are very likely. They saved the company by discovering that appliances for consumers are more profitable than tools for human beings, and this way it doesn't much matter that they've never been able to compete on manufacturing efficiency with commodity computer hardware.

Mostly it bugs me that ARM is seeing more and more use yet I still can't drive up the street and buy one on a motherboard. Freezing out hobbyists is an alarming step backwards for the industry.