People are more savvy and not buying pre-built PC's as often, this article doesn't seem to take part sales into account, which are UP actually. Also, a PC is sorta like a car, in that maintenance and lifespan means you don't constantly buy new ones. Think of in a car, your transmission goes out, you buy a new transmission or get yours repaired if possible, what you don't do is go out and buy a new car. Your video card goes out, you buy a new one, not an entirely new machine.
Not surprised really. I'll tell you that using this iPad for uni is far more convenient than any laptop. It was cheap (compared to a decent laptop), the battery life is amazing, it's small and lightweight (but not too small), has a good range of apps and I can still use a keyboard if I want to.
Let's face it, in ten years time, probably not even that, if you own a PC you will be in a minority.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;42474113]Not surprised really. I'll tell you that using this iPad for uni is far more convenient than any laptop. It was cheap (compared to a decent laptop), the battery life is amazing, it's small and lightweight (but not too small), has a good range of apps and I can still use a keyboard if I want to.
[b]Let's face it, in ten years time, probably not even that, if you own a PC you will be in a minority.[/b][/QUOTE]
I disagree, the PC will definitely be around and kicking still, it might change but it will still be everywhere. If anything businesses will still use them.
[QUOTE=LSK;42474138]I disagree, the PC will definitely be around and kicking still, it might change but it will still be everywhere. If anything businesses will still use them.[/QUOTE]
Considering some places still use windows 98 for technical reasons, for sure.
Well until we have a powerful tablet that can perform video editing, photo editing, and create 3D animation, PC will still be useful.
[QUOTE=BCell;42474662]Well until we have a powerful tablet that can perform video editing, photo editing, and create 3D animation, PC will still be useful.[/QUOTE]
Surface Pro (it's expensive though)
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Tablets are booming because technology got to a point where what the average consumer's needs can be satisfied efficiently. So the next step was to minaturize and simplify it... until all was left was a big slate.
It's interesting when you think about it
[QUOTE=Xion21;42472844]People are more savvy and not buying pre-built PC's as often, this article doesn't seem to take part sales into account, which are UP actually. Also, a PC is sorta like a car, in that maintenance and lifespan means you don't constantly buy new ones. Think of in a car, your transmission goes out, you buy a new transmission or get yours repaired if possible, what you don't do is go out and buy a new car. Your video card goes out, you buy a new one, not an entirely new machine.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I think this is most of it. Most of the people I know are either just replacing parts in their PCs or building complete ones themselves.
Where's Razor when we need them?
It would be interesting to see how's PC gaming doing at the moment.
Last year there was a decline in PC sales but an increase in gaming PCs.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;42474113]Not surprised really. I'll tell you that using this iPad for uni is far more convenient than any laptop. It was cheap (compared to a decent laptop), the battery life is amazing, it's small and lightweight (but not too small), has a good range of apps and I can still use a keyboard if I want to.
Let's face it, in ten years time, probably not even that, if you own a PC you will be in a minority.[/QUOTE]
So how long is the battery life then? In a relatively heavy use, I'm guessing it will run dry within a day.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;42475676]So how long is the battery life then? In a relatively heavy use, I'm guessing it will run dry within a day.[/QUOTE]
If it's on then they can last around 10-11 hours, slightly longer than a decent laptop would.
Hmph.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;42476975]Hmph.[/QUOTE]
Now that Haswell is available, Laptops can easily meet or out-perform in terms in battery life (for example, the new Lenovo X240 can supposedly get up to 10 hours of battery life with the largest battery option).
Edit: revised down; Lenovo are saying 10 or more.
Make awesome new hardware, then.
[QUOTE=Conna;42480377]Make awesome new hardware, then.[/QUOTE]
Moores law is making that extremely hard
Doesn't really help that there weren't that many big PC games the last few months.
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