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what the OP meant by “consumer market” is home users I think. The intersting dynamic is that people tend to spend more time mastering their phones (for instanc
by hrktb 8y ago
what the OP meant by “consumer market” is home users I think.
The intersting dynamic is that people tend to spend more time mastering their phones (for instance installing printing apps, dropbox etc.) and don’t want to maintain another completely different device they’ll only use occasionaly.
This means people with old PCs won’t care much if it’s slow and clunky, as they won’t use it much. People without a PC yet might bail out completely and use their work computer when they have stuff that can only be done on PC.
(note: total PC shipments are 61 million, business users included, while iPad sales for 2017 quarters were a about 11 million. People turning to the iPad for “big screen” tasks is a big enough trend I think)
- rjbwork 8y agoGamers and even some shops aren't buying "shipped computers". They're buying parts and slapping them together to make purpose build computers. My home PC has 2 GFX cards and a 6 core 5930K core (4ish years old now, first consumer level 6 core from intel), while my work PC has no GFX card, and a 6 core 8700K. I assembled both, and they work quite well at their tasks. I would never want to work with a pre-built computer again.