

IDC blames smartphones and tablets for sharp PC decline






Source: IDC

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such hypocrasy
By xti on 4/11/2013 12:12:20 PM , Rating: 1
how can everyone on DT say "sheeps buy apple no matter what" saying the masses just buy buy buy.

then turn around...and say "win8 made people open their minds" and not buy.

really? win8 hasn't slowed anything down, the need for new laptops/desktops is declining.

Everytime a quake game came out, back in the days, you had to upgrade. you HAD to. its not the same way anymore, performance is for the most part above needs of the average consumer. so why keep replacing your lap/desktop?

So, until crysis 34978 computer specs or w/e the fk is the norm in EVERY SINGLE RELEASE and YouTube and GMail all of a sudden need quad cores, we have reached the point that just upgrading every 2 years is no longer necessary.

Throw in tablets ultra portability, and thats what has slowed and reversed growth. Not Win8.

Metro would need naked women every 5 minutes to revive the laptop boom.

RE: such hypocrasy
By retrospooty on 4/11/2013 7:52:12 PM , Rating: 2

Yup... That was me to a T. I cant even imagine how much cash I spent on upgrades year after year for the past 15 years... But even people like me stopped. I have a 2 year old Sandy Bridge, which is the longest I have ever kept a CPU or mobo by far... And I have no plans to upgrade. There just isnt anything I do that utilizes the power I have now. PC's have been crazy fast for years now and there just isnt a need to upgrade. Possibly a video card if yours is a few years old and you want to play Crysis 3 with FSAA at high res... but that is a niche and a half.

