Orion

NYT

Brian Chen
feb 4, 2013

CEJ #3-TECHNOLOGY
Summary

An iPad is a tablet, but today one may call it a personal computer.  Reports from Canalys said that one in six people buying a PC bought an apple iPad instead. On Wednesday, a report came out that said that worldwide PC shipments over the fourth quarter increased by 12 percent than last year.  Apple ended up leading the computer market with 22.9 million iPads sold and about 4.1 million Macs sold.  Behind that came  Hewlett-Packard with 15 million PCs shipped and behind that came Lenovo who shipped around 14.8 million computers. 

Response

I wasn't too surprised because who wants a personal computer when you could get a lightweight, easy to carry, fully functionable tablet?  I think that in 10 years, most people will prefer tablets instead of computers. PCs are big and are not very portable in some cases. What if you don't have a backpack, well then you don't bring your computer. With your Tablet you carry it in your pocket with very little effort. I think the only thing that makes a computer better in some ways is that you have a bigger screen and that some websites do not have a mobile version witch makes the format all messed up when on a tablet. And in some websites I think are easier to work when on a computer instead of a tablet.  For example I enjoy Facebook way more on a regular computer than on a tablet because there are some things easier to access and a lot of times I find myself stressing over the fact that the page I'm on is all messed up because Facebook didn't recognize I was using it from a Tablet instead of a computer.  Is there a bias? I don't think so because the article contains mostly facts, and not much opinion from the writer.