Ken, could you expand on the statement, "It's no longer becoming a matter of choice."? I don't follow. What is no longer a matter of choice? Having a PC? Being connected to the internet?
For business/job related things, "being connected" is indeed becoming important, particularly with the burgeoning use of internet-mail. This is not to be confused with intra-company e-mail, which has been in use for quite a few years.
But for the home, PCs and the internet are largely entertainment. Lots of people are buying PCs, but are they really using them, after the initial novelty wears off? I would encourage people to share real life stories. I'm a huge computer buff myself, having paid $2,750 for one of the first laptops that had a backlit screen and hard-drive. I know a very wealthy family that bought a computer a few years ago (Pentium 60), but they don't use it. It sits and gathers dust. They have children in Elementary school, and the schools here are heavily into computers and the internet, starting in Elementary school. Maybe the kids associate computers with school/work?
So "it" is indeed a matter of choice, IMO. I like to follow what is reality, not what sounds like utopia.
DK
PS: There: adverb. 1. in or at that place: sit there.
Their: pronoun. the possessive case of they. of them; belonging to them: they like their books.
Oh lookit!! you learned something on a computer!! -GG- |
