Obama: I'm the President of the United States; I Don't Need to Borrow a Computer

The President of the United States of America has an iPad. He also has his own computer. I mean, he's the freakin' POTUS, so he should darned well better have his own computer, right?

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Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.

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137 Comments Comment from the forums

icemunk

He seems like a pretty fun guy, too bad he's shackled by the Republican (Regressive Party) held House of Representatives.
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garyshome

All this, March madness, a nice Vacation in Rio while the world Burns.
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rhino13

He seems like a pretty fun guy too bad he's shackled by the bankrupt-the-US ideology (Democratic philosophy.)
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mobrocket

Breaking News the 2nd most powerful man in the world uses a computer.
Obama is probably a more laid back president then the past, but then again he isnt an old geezer like most
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verbalizer

+1 - icemunk..

to everyone:
let's keep this about the article itself and not go deeply into personal feelings or political views..
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hoofhearted

Maybe if he would have brought his little war before congress like he was supposed to, time would have been taken to realize that the "rebels" are really Al Qaeda.
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tsnorquist

This guy has no sense of reality. 2012 couldn't come soon enough.
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maydaynomore

Too bad this country has been ruined beyond repair by the guy before him. it will take decades to get us where we were before "Bush" times.
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verbalizer

9280829 said:
Too bad this country has been ruined beyond repair by the guy before him. it will take decades to get us where we were before "Bush" times.
agreed...
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biffer

malmentalagreed...And aren't you the one that just said "let's keep this about the article itself and not go deeply into personal feelings or political views..."

Funny how two-faced people can be on teh interwebz.

On topic - it's good the pres is not a technophobe.
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