Is the venerable PC dead?
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- Category: The Web's Edge -- peering into the future
- Published on Monday, 23 January 2012 15:20
Could this be the year the PC starts it slow death?
Predictions are that more Android phones will be sold this year than pcs. PC shipments have flatlined after a 35 year climb in sales.
Whether that plays out or not, you can be sure that the market share of smart devices is much more diversified now, and the PC is just another player. Already, iPads represent a market share that is threatening rivals and smart phones are able to do much of the web browsing we all love to do.
It is not longer useful to think of the computer world as pc's and mainframes. It is more useful to think of computing devices as something you carry around, supplemented by PC's for older or more complex tasks.