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Thread ID: 136019	2014-01-09 22:43:00	Volvo Up, Rolls Royce Up, PC sales down	Digby (677)	PC World Chat

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1364815	2014-01-11 18:36:00	Seems we like out TV's huge and our computing small! It's a contradiction to me,I like them both big.	Cicero (40)
1364816	2014-01-11 20:53:00	It's a mistake to assume that the average joe out there is building their own computers. 99% of the folks out there are utterly clueless to the possibility of a DIY build, and that 99% is the majority that is making the swing to mobile computing. The majority of users only want social messaging/communication, internet (mostly for purchasing), and low quality media, and all that can be had on a cellphone or tablet. This same 99% are clueless regards data storage and file types. The power and sophistication to be had from a Desktop is wasted on these folk. If it wasn't for high end gaming and business apps (few of which need much computing power) there'd be little remaining call for a PC at all. Computers used to be the relm of the savvy, the nerds. Now they've dumbed down and shut down the OS on mobile devices to the degree that there's little appeal to the traditional nerds, but the limited functionality that the nerds hate actually make the low-end users feel more confident at using the devices... and there lies the mass market, in the dumb users who only want to upload their latest 'look at me here' type pic onto Facebook. x3 A very good summary of the probable situation out there. Although it may be only 98% The bad news may be that not so many new motherboards and graphics cards are released and prices may go up.	Digby (677)
1364817	2014-01-11 23:59:00	Mac sales are up though. www.gartner.com They sure are, both in sales and in profit margin.	Webdevguy (17166)
1364818	2014-01-12 00:11:00	It's a mistake to assume that the average joe out there is building their own computers. 99% of the folks out there are utterly clueless to the possibility of a DIY build, and that 99% is the majority that is making the swing to mobile computing. The majority of users only want social messaging/communication, internet (mostly for purchasing), and low quality media, and all that can be had on a cellphone or tablet. This same 99% are clueless regards data storage and file types. The power and sophistication to be had from a Desktop is wasted on these folk. If it wasn't for high end gaming and business apps (few of which need much computing power) there'd be little remaining call for a PC at all. Computers used to be the relm of the savvy, the nerds. Now they've dumbed down and shut down the OS on mobile devices to the degree that there's little appeal to the traditional nerds, but the limited functionality that the nerds hate actually make the low-end users feel more confident at using the devices... and there lies the mass market, in the dumb users who only want to upload their latest 'look at me here' type pic onto Facebook. You have to remember that your traditional nerd doesn't represent a huge part of the consumer market, nor is he or she a big spender when it comes to buying consumer electronics so they are not a viable part of the market to chase. Also computers haven't been "dumbed down" at all. You still need computer scientists, software developers, software archectects, hard ware and electronics engineers and industrial designers to build the computers that we buy. All they have done is given a complex electronic device more appeal to a wider consumer market which means that they are able to sell more, and that makes good business sense. There is still a huge opening for nerds and programmers to jump in and create amazingly complex software programs and for engineers and inventors to build hardware devices and toys that can utilise the software for things like game controllers, fps games that the end user .. Or gaming nerd can buy.	Webdevguy (17166)
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