Is the PC dying? An expert weighs in

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As PC shipments continue to decline because of weak demand, excess inventory and worsening macroecnomic conditions, is it possible the PC as we know it is dying?

Overall PC shipments experienced a significant decline in the first quarter of 2023, with Apple among the hardest hit, experiencing its worst decline since 2000.
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As PC shipments continue to decline because of weak demand, excess inventory and worsening macroecnomic conditions, is it possible the PC as we know it is dying?
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If the PC dies, so does IT and the future of IT. Easy as that. Cellphones and mobile devices are not going to be the future of technology. They will all die off shortly after the PC.
 
I think it all hinges on how AI will be used in the future as our primary interface with technology.
If we need powerful desktops to get the most out of AI then it should flourish.
If we only need a bare bones 'cloud' access point then it will reach a plateau and stagnate. Maybe it will become like the calculator of old. Still useful but no drive or need to improve it.
 
It's called a global recession. Companies need to lower prices to remain profitable in a world where people are less likely to spend on luxuries.

The most overpriced crap like Apple will suffer the most.
NVIDIA is screwed cause they have gone flippin insane with their pricing but are stubborn as all hell and would rather burn their GPU's than lower prices.
AMD is already dropping prices and still has a chance to turn things around if they release a good mid-range product for a crazy low price (though I wouldn't count on them actually doing this).

Laptop manufacturers can only do so much unless the CPU and GPU companies lower their prices as well.

The PC is not dead, the time of overcharging people is dead. Covid pricing was never gonna last, companies need to get back to reality and lower prices across the board.
 
They have been wanting to replace the modular open system PC with a closed loop walled garden "device" for many years now.... it's just not happening. Instead they are trying to make Windows more closed down while OEMS are being pressured to become increasingly hostile to Linux..... I think within a decade or two we will see a shift in hardware where only "Server" boxes will not be essentially Windows-only.

Win11 is already giving shots over the bow with it's hardware requirements and Win12 will double down on "AI"... which basically means automated telemetry and optimization at the same time.... and not in favour of personal freedom. With each version of Windows we have less room to move until it's essentially Apple where you get "allowed" to do a small range of things.

On the other hand.... Linux development seems to have largely stalled with devs being overwhelmed on one hand and impoverished on the other leaving them not enough resources to keep up with Windows in the Desktop space. I think at some point Linux is going to be largely forced out of being a Desktop alternative with it's current successes being a bubble just about ready to pop. Ubuntu already is dead in the water except for enterprise deployment and being increasingly abandoned by desktop users..... they literally keep alienating people from their ecosystem. Debian on the other hand is going woke MAD (I mean really bonkers to the point of people stalking people that think the pronouns thing is stupid and trying to cancel them everywhere) behind the scenes leaving Red Hat which also is basically just giving a token Desktop effort.

Basically.... the PC might not be dying but the PC as we have always known it probably is going to.
 
Gamers, programmers and graphic designers are not going to get by on laptops.
 
Mekon said:
Gamers, programmers and graphic designers are not going to get by on laptops.
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No single piece of AI tech will either work on a laptop or mobile device. Supercomputing will also come to a complete standstill and banks or any other industry requiring computing will end.

Hence the reason for my first comment. If PCs die, so does IT.
 
rvZA said:
No single piece of AI tech will either work on a laptop or mobile device. Supercomputing will also come to a complete standstill and banks or any other industry requiring computing will end.

Hence the reason for my first comment. If PCs die, so does IT.
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Which is why they want to shift PC's away from being PC's into being EC's, Enterprise Computers.
 
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