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From my experience, it's because of this. These publications want pageviews, they'll write anything they want to get it. But here's a more logical reason based
by neya 14y ago
From my experience, it's because of this. These publications want pageviews, they'll write anything they want to get it.
But here's a more logical reason based on my experience traveling to these countries - In every home, they buy a PC once in every ~3-5 years. Now, the iPads have started to become really common, so everyone wants one too. So, you see a rise in the sales of the iPads. The decline is because the PC you bought 5 years ago (For. ex Core 2 Duo) is still as good and supports a lot of applications. So these users don't have this need to upgrade to a newer system - Because they can already multi-task pretty well.
One thing you must understand is that PC's are not mobile phones or tablets where they get outdated very fast - like less than a year or so. Whereas, the PC's utility and already excellent overshoots anything else and hence doesn't need an upgrade every year, atleast not for the average consumer. Also, the rise in the sales of the iPads and the decline in the sales of the PC does NOT necessarily mean that the usage of the PC is declining too. What I mean is that, in this era, almost every house has a PC. But tablets are on the rise. But that doesn't mean people are ditching their PC's to buy the tablets, it simply means they just buy the tablets in addition to their existing PC's. Can you show me one citation that says users are selling their PC's to buy a new tablet? And there lies your answer.
- Joeri 14y agoWhy would people use PC'S when they can hook a keyboard to their ipad and get the same functionality?
- neya 14y agoSimple - For a PC, the keyboard is something that is a part of the PC itself. For an iPad, it becomes an accessory and also most probably expensive (a good one). Hence it's not a popular option. 2)The actual applications themselves. Most of the PC users are also developers. So let's say I have to use WAMP to install Wordpress or Drupal on localhost. This becomes a nightmare on an iPad, if not almost impossible. 3)The range of applications for PRODUCERS (content producers). Content is King. And content producers are king-makers. So, tell me how can I do something that I can do with Photoshop (advanced editing, etc.), illustrator, 3d Studio max, etc. 4) Performance - a PC is also a DIY machine. If I want more performance, I add more RAM. If I want to do graphics n stuff, I add a high-performance graphics adapter, If I want more space, I add a 2TB hard-disk. Tell me how will you achieve ANY of these with an iPad. The last time I heard, you couldn't even change the battery, unless you were a service technician of some sort.
- Joeri 14y agoTake technical people or power users out of the equation, as they are not the masses that use PC's. What is left is social media, e-mail, chat, browsing, games, and office productivity. If you really think people will keep buying PC's to do that stuff when an ipad is better at most of them, I have a bridge to sell you :) Especially in markets like china I cannot see people investing in a PC when it costs more than a tablet and basically does the same things. This is why laptops trounce desktops in sales. People don't want DIY, they don't want high-powered hardware. They want to get basic stuff done. If a tablet does that, that's good enough.
- neya 14y agoYou have a valid point there, my friend :) But, for office, I personally don't use my iPad because of the touch screen usability, especially when it comes to copying and pasting stuff. I (personally) feel I'm more productive on a PC than on an iPad. But actually, I'm sorry, by PC I meant both the Laptops and the Desktops combined only. No way I'm arguing in favor of just desktops alone...Laptops vs Desktops is a separate argument that I'll save for the rainy day ;)
- prostoalex 14y agoLarger screens. That is, until 30" tablets are here.