Reply to post: "Developing world - if you were to only have *one* computing device"

"Developing world - if you were to only have *one* computing device"

Developing world here. Most people have more than one device, or share multiple devices within each household etc. So that statement isn't accurate anymore (South / Central America).

But consider this, between 2007-2012 devices such as netbooks running XP were cheap. Whereas the minimum price for an equivalent Win10 laptop today is just plain nuts! There's no compelling reason to buy PC's at that price level. (FX is a factor).

The tech leap from Win98r2 to XP saw gains in stability / capability. Whereas Vista disappointed and Win7 was only an incremental improvement over XP to most users. So what now? Win8 / Win10 are considered unpredictable / unnecessary. That's without consideration of the Privacy and UI changes. Windows is more about style / security and not substance / functionality now...

So what's going on up there in Silicon Valley? Its like the PC makers are too busy reading MSM / Gartner / IDC reports, instead of asking people on the ground what they really want! For example Ultrabooks were something that were championed 4/5 years ago to revitalize the market. That's great in places like SF to NY maybe. But the rest of the world just want simple budget tech. What was wrong with the old cheap netbooks? Nothing! That's where tech companies / corporations are totally out of touch! But hey what's new, look at overpriced Smart TV and IoT!