There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm always surprised at how many people seem to like reading about what hardware and software I use.
It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers.
Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.
Practically everyone is going to have a general purpose computer in their pocket, it's so easy to underestimate that, that has got to be the really, really big one.
People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.
I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers.
The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.
This is what customers pay us for - to sweat all these details so it's easy and pleasant for them to use our computers. We're supposed to be really good at this. That doesn't mean we don't listen to customers, but it's hard for them to tell you what they want when they've never seen anything remotely like it.
People in the industry foresee a time in which, for many people, the only thing they'll need on a computer is a browser.
Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.