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Dell says the PC isn’t dead
THE PC ISN'T DEAD YET despite forecasts to the contrary, Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell told the Financial Times this week.
This statement comes after analysts cut their PC sales forecasts earlier this month, with Gartner slashing its forecast for PC sales growth this year to just 3.8 per cent or a total of 352 million units.
Dell told the FT, "There are a billion and a half PCs in the world and while Gartner change their estimates here and there, they also estimate there will be two billion PCs in the world by 2014. So when I look at that, I think the idea that the PC is no longer here is complete nonsense."
He added, "You see PCs, tablets, you see smartphones. But those other devices aren't necessarily replacing the PCs, so we are very committed to that part of the business, as part of this broader, end-to-end IT solutions company."
Dell predicts that PC growth will come mainly from emerging markets, such as China. "Around 60 per cent of the Chinese internet runs on Dell," he added.
Dell hinted that his firm is still aiming to compete in the tablet market despite limited sales of its Streak device, saying the company is "very much in line" with Microsoft's plans to overhaul its Windows software so that it works better for tablets.
"The line that separates a tablet and a laptop today will get very blurry and ultimately disappear as you see many new products," he said.
Last month, The INQUIRER's readers agreed that the PC isn't dead after an IBM executive claimed the contrary.
IBM Middle East and Africa CTO Mark Dean's comments that we have "moved beyond" the PC era were made on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the IBM Personal Computer, but we'll note that IBM no longer makes PCs, having sold off that business to Lenovo several years ago. µ
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This depends on your definition of "PC". Technically, an x86 tablet running Windows could be considered just as much of a PC as an ATX desktop system.
By the way, Shouter, you're an idiot. Just because you remove the keyboard from a laptop, doesn't mean you're removing the "brains". Any company making tablets these days could feasibly create a tablet that's powered by a Core i7 and having 8GB or more of ram - but nobody is doing that, because there is very little demand for such a powerful tablet. Not to mention if you put powerful hardware into a tablet, it'd drive up the price - and people are under the impression that tablets are supposed to be a cheaper alternative to desktops & laptops.
THATS CUZ A TABLET IS LIKE CHOPPING A KEYBOARD OFFA LAPTOP COMPUTER. AND THEY KEYBOARD IS WHERE ALL THE BRAINS LIVE (UNDER THE BUTTONS).
ALSO HERE'S A BIG ZINGER, TABLETS ALL RUN LINUX BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO BRAINS AND HAVE TO RUN SOMETHING HYPER EFFICIENT FOR THE SCRAP OF REMAINING BRAINSTEM. LAPTOPS MOSTLY ALL RUN WINDOWS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SHRIVELLED DESKTOP BRAINS BUT ARE STILL ENOUGH JAM TO RUN WINDOWS, THOUGH VERY SLOWLY.
SO IS DELL SAYING THAT MAYBE LAPTOPS WILL RUN LINUX AND HAVE TOUCH DISPLAYS AND REMOVABLE KEYBOARDS OR WHAT IS HE SAYING AGAIN?