07-26-2011, 08:46 AM
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1311625698' post='10231']
PCs are on a sharp decline. Frankly I would be surprised if they are still mainstream beyond 2015. Their time is over ... just like DSLRs. ;-))
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Mmm, it’s like saying that lorries are going to disappear because people have scooters. There are so many tasks where PC’s can’t be replaced – including photography (or people will be running Photoshop on a 10†tablet?). I think the simple reason why PC’s are on decline is because markets became saturated (as opposed to the period when people and companies were settling into the “digital†era) and it probably will stay like that. Now when effectively every single household and office workplace has at least one PC, it’s just natural that sales are declining until they stabilize. As for iPad – they managed to carve a new niche in the market, good for them, but it would be really far fetched to say that they’re replacing PC’s. All iPad owners I know have a PC or a laptop as well <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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PCs are on a sharp decline. Frankly I would be surprised if they are still mainstream beyond 2015. Their time is over ... just like DSLRs. ;-))
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Mmm, it’s like saying that lorries are going to disappear because people have scooters. There are so many tasks where PC’s can’t be replaced – including photography (or people will be running Photoshop on a 10†tablet?). I think the simple reason why PC’s are on decline is because markets became saturated (as opposed to the period when people and companies were settling into the “digital†era) and it probably will stay like that. Now when effectively every single household and office workplace has at least one PC, it’s just natural that sales are declining until they stabilize. As for iPad – they managed to carve a new niche in the market, good for them, but it would be really far fetched to say that they’re replacing PC’s. All iPad owners I know have a PC or a laptop as well <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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