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The US PC market will grow
WE HOPE you're sitting down, as its seems that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer accidentally got something right as he tangoed with Steve Jobs about the growth of the PC market in the US.
The Zen-like Jobs enigmatically said that the Ipad wasn't actually a PC, much to the chagrin of analysts who said, er, yes it is. Jobs also came out with a terrible analogy, comparing the PC to the farmer's pickup truck, essentially suggesting that it is obsolete hardware.
Ballmer replied, saying that the PC market will grow despite PCs morphing in format, probably in a nod to the Ipad, which he insisted is a PC.
However, Forrester analysts have given this round to Ballmer. "Jobs may not view the Ipad as a PC, but we do," Sarah Rotman of Forrester blogged.
The analysts said 23 percent of PCs in 2015 will be tablets. Forrester also said that tablets will cannibalise the netbook market, outselling them in 2012.
She said, "Our view is that the consumer PC market in the US is indeed getting bigger: Over the next five years, PC unit sales across all form factors will increase by 52 [per cent]."
"In fact, desktops are the only type of PC whose numbers will be fewer in 2015 than they are today," Rotman concluded. µ
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It's a PC alright but a locked down pc like workstation terminals used at a bookstore or library with locked down with limited user interface control.
I'll reluctantly have to agree with Jobs on this one. The capabilities of the iPad have been crippled too much for it to be classified a PC. The locked down OS, lack of USB and absence of proper networking capabilities (ie file sharing protocols) make the iPad at best a particularly nice example of those media or internet tablets.
Now the JooJoo on the other hand, is much more in line with one's typical definition of a PC.
Fully auto-piloted gps, learns the field etc. How does that compare to a Toyota Pious?
Perhaps Job's should invent a new user interface for the hi-tech combine harvester?
Job's is just trying to differentiate his products as being more than just a machine, it's a lifestyle choice. His usual speech.
Have you ever tried to correct something you typed using an iphone/ipad? It's very annoying. I have clicked on the url or word, but there are no arrow keys or delete button, so I cannot modify the text.
Instead there is this annoyingly hard to use slider that you have to position at the front, then at the end of the text you want to change. You can then backspace the selected text, and start writing.
A point and make the cursor #there#, then edit, that would be much easier.
Go into an Apple store and try it for yourself. There are many PITA things with iphones, however I do think the interface reacts well to touch, but the rest is a bit like a version 1.0.
Mobiles Will Grow At Good Pace & Servers That Serve them. Remember Mobile go to nearest landline, so mobile often means 100 yards, Open Access for Fee, Might Be Better term. thats Why Coin Phones are Kaput. Too Cost Saving.
Familes won't tolerate Money Losers & Desktop With ALL Technical Problems of ATX Computer, Including Blum Software for 3 years in NT6 Intro,
Shows Certain Hopelessness To Actually reconviencing People To Touch Hot Stove Once Again. Like Army States, They Never Come Back. such Priviledge, to Decieve Ones Standard Trainees & Hopefuls.
Well, If Its Pixar or theDREAM Works, Dream Is Fading, Due to Fact Already Tried That, Done that, Dropped That & Now forgot that.
Looks Like Little Kids, turns Out to Be Ruthless Heinous Circus midgets. After ALL, Midgets Don't Fit In Standardize Society, So Take ANY Job Can Get. That of Deception.
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"Jobs also came out with a terrible analogy, comparing the PC to the farmer's pickup truck, essentially suggesting that it is obsolete hardware."
I can almost hear the contempt in Jobs' voice when he mentions farmers; I bet they pretty high among the people for which he has disdain and contempt: farmers, laborers, workers, and people similarly situated in society, and for those who work with their hands, or those who do not work in offices.
Anything a farmer uses is important to the farmer, and if farmers use pickup trucks, then pickup trucks are important, and will remain important as long as farmers are important (i.e. as long as people need food). On the other hand, Jobs might think that food comes from stores and restaurants. (Cf "We don't need farmers, we have a store where we live.)