The Log

Gruber, describing the revolution he believes is occurring as we speak:

This, to me, gets to the heart of the revolution at hand. A decade ago, my first PowerBook was a secondary machine to the desktop anchored at my desk. Now, my main machine is my MacBook Pro, but it feels a bit like an anchor now. My mobile secondary computer is my iPhone.

As much as I agreed with him yesterday regrading advertising that’s win-win-win, I couldn’t disagree more with the sentiment above. Yes, the iPhone is a game changer. Yes, it’s a revolutionary device. But a replacement for the desktop (and even if you use a laptop as your primary computer—and I do—it’s still receiving ‘desktop’ usage)? Not for this guy.

I’ll be the first one to admit that I barely scratch the surface of the abilities of the iPhone platform (and I’ve got a Touch, not an iPhone). But even if the iPhone makes it so I CAN do what I would normally do an a desktop, I certainly don’t prefer to. Performing the majority of those tasks is so much more comfortable on my main computer that I frequently think to myself, “I’ll wait until I’m back on the Macbook” when using my iPod.

The iPhone platform is still a satellite device for this Mac lover. I don’t see that changing anytime soon.