Gossip Destiny: Editor's Pick: Why Is the PC Industry Trying to Kill the PC?

Monday, 25 April 2016

Editor's Pick: Why Is the PC Industry Trying to Kill the PC?

Why Is the PC Industry Trying to Kill the PC?

Rob Enderle Apr 25, 2016 10:27 AM PT
	Every time the "PC is dead" topic comes up, an old Monty Python movie comes to mind, and I'll bet you can guess which one. PCs are on almost every desk, and the installed base is measured not in the hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands -- it is measured in the hundred millions. Brian Krzanich last week announced a massive layoff at Intel, and once again the alarm sounded. [More...]

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