I think Illuminati is correct, 2011 was an off year for PC tech. No new real compelling reason to buy a new PC last year. Overall PC sales will decline as most everyone has one, even a cheap low end system can do email, web, create a basic document and more content is just coming from the web. If you buy into the cloud, all you may need is a fairly basic system at home. Maybe when Windows 8 comes along people will upgrade. My home built system is still going strong (5 years old) after a few upgrades (OS, memory, video) it still meets all my needs.