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Originally Posted by JD Gumby
Of course it's going to look bad if you single out a single company out of the hundreds that put together and sell Windows-based computers. (as for the smartphone issue, that is only because the telcos *heavily* subsidize the initial cost - much easier for people to pay $40 a month per person for the next 3 years when they don't have that initial $300-500 cost per person)
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I simply don't think that tablets and smart phones have to outsell PCs at this moment in order for there to be something to the phrase "post PC".
The pc world is largely stagnant, with falling sales. Smart phones already outsell PC's and are in hyper growth mode. In a couple years tablets will outsell PC's too. Already the iPad sells more than HP (the largest pc maker).
So current sales do a better job of displaying the trend than installed base. Of course the current installed base of computers is much larger.
Nor does post-pc mean "no pc". It's just that the pc is losing it's place as the dominant force for advancement.
Nonny