"When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks because that's what you needed on the farms." Cars became more popular as cities rose, and things like power steering and automatic transmission became popular.
"PCs are going to be like trucks," Jobs said. "They are still going to be around." However, he said, only "one out of x people will need them."
For the office, and content-creation in general, you'll still need PCs, but for content consumption in the home, tablets are good enough for most purposes, just like a truck is overkill for say, a run to the grocery store or dropping the kids off at school.
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"When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks because that's what you needed on the farms." Cars became more popular as cities rose, and things like power steering and automatic transmission became popular. "PCs are going to be like trucks," Jobs said. "They are still going to be around." However, he said, only "one out of x people will need them."
For the office, and content-creation in general, you'll still need PCs, but for content consumption in the home, tablets are good enough for most purposes, just like a truck is overkill for say, a run to the grocery store or dropping the kids off at school.