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I do. That quote doesn't just say that PC demand stagnates, it says it goes down, massively. It says that from X people who, at the time of that speech, use P
by aetherson 12y ago
I do.
That quote doesn't just say that PC demand stagnates, it says it goes down, massively. It says that from X people who, at the time of that speech, use PC's, only 1 in the future use PC's.
And we're seeing that's not true even if X=2. And X was never supposed to be as low as 2.
What we are seeing is that a massive amount of computer USE moved over to phones and tablets -- tons of web browsing, tons of email browsing, calendaring, etc. Probably if you looked at the PC era and the post-PC era in terms of seconds in front of a screen or whatever instead of people, you'd see that 1/X ratio. But for people, it remains useful for almost everyone to have a PC -- even if they use that PC less than they used to.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoConsumer PC demand has gone off a cliff in the last few years, to the chagrin of companies like Lenovo and HP. Corporate PC use has remained steady and even increased to pick up some of the slack (it helps that these are a bit more profitable than consumer sales). There is no point in upgrading a PC you hardly ever use, even if you don't toss it out altogether. Better to get a new iToy every one or two years instead.