PC shipments fall for first time since 2001

[RH00D]

Yes, tablets will kill off PCs just like television killed the radio. Oh wait.

 

[treetops]

Tablets and smartphones aren't PC's. It's ridiculous to compare those two against PC sales. It's even more ridiculous to claim that they'll replace the PC.

Guess it never crossed the survey takers minds that maybe PC sales are flat because everyone already has a damn PC. Just like XBox and PS3 console sales are flat. Whoever wants one already has one. And for regular users, you're only going to replace it once every 4-5 years if that.

I hate these kinds of articles (not TechSpot's fault - you see these types of articles in every news media outlet), because they're just plain dumb and are comparing oranges to tractors.

I partly agree but a lot of people who I know have a smart phone and no computer. If it was not for smart phones they couldn't check facebook, email and browse the web. Which seems to be their only interest. So I am inclined to agree that smart phones are the main reason pc sales are down. Maybe more so then the plateau effect (everyone has a pc) because people replace their computers every 4-5 years and in 2007 we likely peaked now the numbers were getting from people buying replacements are down.

Well it made more sense in my head hope it came out right lol