Computers are still babies

One of my secret dreams is to start a computer company that make very personal types of computers. I think these colorful mechanical keyboards are a good start but things could be better.

For being such expensive things they are really bland and boring. Macbooks are the only laptops I know that look good but they just look expensive and fancy and they value weird things.

I don’t need a thinner laptop, I can excuse it being slightly bulkier if it feels more durable and like I can stick to it in the long run by replacing parts when needed. If it was easy to replace buttons and covers on it that would be a lot of fun too.

I like to compare computers (and phones) to old times when people had a clock in their pocket with a picture of a loved one and they cared for it and got it repaired and handed it down. I wish we could be a bit more sentimental about technology too.

I don’t think we need to have more powerful computers we just need to use them better, I hope we will reach a peak where they won’t or don’t need to be stronger so companies start messing more with the formula and refining the visuals and the experience more instead.

Computers are still babies

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published 2021-03-15