Mobile is the new PC and AArch64 is the new x64

[aberba]

On Friday, 14 September 2018 at 09:23:24 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 22:56:31 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> On Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 22:41:08 UTC, Nick 
>> Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
>>> On 09/10/2018 11:13 PM, tide wrote:
>>>> On Monday, 10 September 2018 at 13:43:46 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>>>>> That's why PC sales keep dropping while mobile sales are 
>>>>> now 6-7X that per year:
>>>> 
>>>> This shouldn't be misunderstood as such, which I think you 
>>>> as misunderstanding it. The reason mobile sales are so high 
>>>> is because of planned obsolescence and the walled garden 
>>>> that these devices are built around. I've gone through maybe 
>>>> 3-4 phones in the time that I've had my Desktop, and I use 
>>>> my desktop every single day. I don't need to buy a new one 
>>>> cause it runs perfectly fine, there aren't operating system 
>>>> updates that purposely cause the CPU to run slower to "save 
>>>> battery life" when a new device and OS come out. That's not 
>>>> to say it isn't insignificant but the sales numbers are 
>>>> exacerbated.
>>>
>>> Right. Basically, "sales stats" should never be misconstrued 
>>> as "usage stats".
>>
>> The usage stats are similarly overwhelming, two-thirds of 
>> digital time is spent on mobile, more for the young:
>
> Yeah but 90% of the time people spend on mobile is just dicking 
> about. Sending IMs, facebook, point and click games. And thats 
> a huge part of the usage stats, people can now spend more time 
> online wasting time in more situations than ever before.
>
> PCs are generally seen a tool to accomplish tasks, for word 
> processing or a high end gaming thing, audio / video editing, 
> mobile is more entertainment. Not many people are doing what 
> you are by using your mobile as a desktop.
>
> I'm not saying that makes mobile worthless, what I'm saying is 
> that your hypothesis is like saying TV has taken over from 
> typewriters.

Do you realize most Chromebooks use ARM and have recently 
recorded more sales/usage that Windows in some cases? I several 
enterprises are adopting use of tablet for on-the-go tasks and 
administrative work (especially when combined with the 
mini-keyboards). Things are really shifting to ARM.


Another is some that looks exactly like tablets and either run 
android or chrome OS. See this slick Pixelbook from Google: 
https://store.google.com/us/product/google_pixelbook