That 2007 Best Buy employee who said tablets would never catch up

I was buying a laptop at Best Buy in Denver back in 2007 and the sales guy laughed when I asked about tablet PCs, saying nobody wants to poke at a screen instead of having a real keyboard. Now I see toddlers swiping on iPads better than my grandpa can use a mouse. Anyone else get a terrible prediction like that from a store employee?

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eric_wright7712d ago

Laughing at myself because I was that guy at Circuit City in 2008 trying to sell people on netbooks saying tablets would never catch on. Got a buddy who still brings it up every time he sees my iPad glued to my hand at the bar. He reminds me I said styluses were a gimmick too, and now I literally use one to draw on my tablet every week. Jokes on me I guess, at least I can laugh about how wrong I was while watching kids navigate iPads better than I can use an ATM now.

gray_gibson12d ago

Oh man that's a good one @eric_wright77, I remember telling my neighbor his Motorola Razr was the peak of phone design and look at us now.