How do you feel about the "post-PC" world?

[TomaTito]

Rainbird said:

TomaTito said:

When Lion was previewed last week, a pro-mac friend that works in my office suddenly came over to start laughing at their new iPad launcher for the macos X. He seemed really pissed off at Apple trying to wedge the iPad into his mac, he's actually thinking on going to Linux just because of this. Even though I don't see it as much of a deal, just a screen with Icons and folders... just another desktop!

Seems like a bit of an overreaction if he hasn't even tried for a longer period of time. Maybe it's actually better?

Not for him, I know how he uses his mac similarly to how someone uses Linux, he is really efficient. His desktop is empty, no dock, programs or files launch from searches, uses shortcuts for everything, virtual desktops, uses terminal for specific programs, etc. Loves the keyboard, hates the mouse... It's crazy to watch. He likes the build quality of the computer and being able to use a Unix based system to mold it for his needs.

But yeah, was surprised to see him react like that and consider a Linux distro after the announcement of this ipad launcher, which you could even uninstall for all we care. It's just a reaction to that "post-pc" development, though this guy is an outlier, don't see the common person have the same problems as him. I'm sure my brother-in-law can't wait for the update.