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Gartner: PC shipment growth will be stagnant

article published on 8 March, 2012

According to research firm Gartner, PC shipments will remain weak this year, thanks to ever-increasing competition from tablets and smartphones. Shipments will grow a paltry 4.4 percent in 2012, to 368 million units, says Gartner, a strong improvement from the 0.5 percent rate in 2011, but well below historical averages. Says research director Ranjit Atwal: "PC shipments will remain ... [ read the full article ]

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ThePastor
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_ 		9. March 2012 @ 12:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think the real reason PC growth is stagnant is the lackluster innovation being put into PC's today.
I mean why does someone need to upgrade?
What happened to Moore's law?
Same issue with Hard drives.

Innovation has tapered off. Most people already have a machine fully capable. There is no need to upgrade.
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Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
Blessedon
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_ 		10. March 2012 @ 10:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ThePastor:
 I think the real reason PC growth is stagnant is the lackluster innovation being put into PC's today.
I mean why does someone need to upgrade?
What happened to Moore's law?
Same issue with Hard drives.

Innovation has tapered off. Most people already have a machine fully capable. There is no need to upgrade.
Spot on! But you omitted the importance of the cost/benefit ratio to innovation. Something the LGA1155 socket offered in abundance. Then the eagerly anticipated 2011 sockets arrived with [potential] 20% throughput improvements coupled to 600% investments, whereas LGA1155 offered [potential] 40% more throughput over LGA775 for a relatively frugal outlay of 30% more cost.

Few consumers need the huge quantity of throughput and data flow offered in PCs; mundane tasking is adequate for daily use. And so, portable devices offering it will receive the R&D funding.
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