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PC demand has been falling way before COVID. I guess it has been so since at least 2013. I even remember some people assigning it to windows 8. Actually, the r
by marcodiego 3y ago
PC demand has been falling way before COVID. I guess it has been so since at least 2013. I even remember some people assigning it to windows 8.
Actually, the real reason are changes in usage patterns. Most people today don't have to buy a computer. They can do everything they need with mobile phones, smartv's, smart devices and whatever other device is more adequate.
The explosive rise in popularity of the late 90's and early 2000's was just because a full blown computer was the most convenient device to access the internet. Now that people have options, there are less people buying the device they don't actually need.
What we are seeing, indeed, is that things are going back to what is normal. Most people really don't need a computer.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoThe data from the article basically proves every one of your points wrong. > They can do everything they need with mobile phones, smartv's, smart devices and whatever other device is more adequate. Yeah, sure, I see everyone working from home on their smartphones. All those college kids are writing their term papers on smart TV's, gotcha.
- marcodiego 3y ago> Yeah, sure, I see everyone working from home on their smartphones. I don't see "everyone working from home". > All those college kids are writing their term papers on smart TV's, gotcha. Colleges can provide this demand and not everyone is a "college kid". With regard to the other points, you can check how pc shipments have been in decline since 2011[1] and how android and ios have been growing during the same period[2] [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/264467/global-pc-shipments-since-1st-quarter-2009/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/264467/global-pc-shipmen... [2] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-200901-202304 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-200901-20...
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoYou've misunderstood my post. I'm not arguing everyone is a working from home or a college student writing term papers. I provided those satirical examples to show that phones are largely an entirely new market, they're by and large not replacing PCs. Every PC market expert I've ever heard on the subject has a very simple explanation for declining PC sales: the market was growing for decades, and then simply saturated, and now it's pretty much just a replacement market. The entire fact there was a huge spike in PC sales during the pandemic pretty much disproves your argument. People still need and want PCs and laptops, they simply pretty much all already have them. My bet is that nearly everyone on this site who used a PC 2 decades ago is still using a PC for things like work and writing, it's just now they're also using a phone.
- thx-2718 3y ago1) College enrollment is trending downard. 2) Tablets do nearly everything a student generally needs
- antasvara 3y agoI'd also add that in the places I work, laptops were already the norm pre-COVID. I realize this isn't the same at every business though. I'd expect a WFH bump in sales, but not necessarily as large of a jump as it would seem.
- Johnny555 3y agoMy home laptop has pretty much become just a web browser, so I have little need to upgrade it, I have a 5 year old Lenovo X1 G6, and it continues to serve my needs adequately. Long gone are the days when upgrading every year or two got you a laptop with significantly better performance… especially for the kinds of workloads that most people use a home laptop for.
- ghaff 3y agoI have two 2015 Macs at home that are basically web browsers. Anything heavy duty gets done on my Apple Silicon McBook Pro.
- pubkeypvtkey 3y ago[dead]