A friend of mine claimed that most Americans under 30, after college, don’t even have a laptop (nor desktop) computer - and more than that, they have no interest in even getting one.

Thinking about it, I realized that, other than college papers, most normal people never type anything at length, and for shorter typing like quick DMs, your touchscreen iPhone is perfectly fine. And most professionals need a computer for work but your job gives that to you. And in this context, doing 100% of your personal computing, internet surfing etc on your iPhone so you don’t even need a laptop makes sense and this the assertion that most don’t have one or an interest in getting one reasonable.

Have you all seen this pattern as well?

While my analysis above makes sense so I can believe the pattern could be true… on the emotional level, I’m still shocked and a touch saddened by it. 20 years ago, I would have predicted that having a computer would be an essential 20 years in the future. And it makes me (at 47) feel old for something I never thought would make me feel old: always taking my beloved Macbook with me!

PS: minor clarification: I put “post-college” in the title. I don’t mean to emphasize “at the moment when you are 22 and graduate college”; rather I mean, just people in their 20s now - with the exception of those in college because presumably you still need a laptop in college.