Elephant in the room
All consumer hardware advances are driven by the market for first-person-shooter games and, uhm, movies. Sales will talk about the first one but the second one is all wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Since I don't use my laptop or phone for either of those things, *of course* any budget laptop or budget phone is more than good enough for my needs. Not wanting the latest hardware doesn't make me smarter than the market, it just means I'm not in the same market. I let other users tackle the monster wave and trail sedately behind, riding my board safely to the beach. Plenty of "excitement" for them, more than enough fun for me. Then just paddle out and do it again.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
