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PC Sales Are Flat-Lining
DavidGilbert99 writes "Gartner has released figures showing that PC shipments globally declined 0.1 percent in the last three months, making it the seventh consecutive month of little-to-no growth in the PC market. This was despite the launch a number of new Ultrabooks, the much-vaunted slim-and-light platform promoted by Intel. The decline has been put down to the poor economic situation around the globe, increased spending on tablets and smartphones instead of PCs as well as the imminent launch of Windows 8, making people hold out on updating their PCs."
You do to watch on 9 monitors.
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Sorry but this is silly. Comparing a computer to a fridge just is wrong.
Lets try more obvious examples......
Why isn't a computer more like a table saw..... I turn on a table saw and all my wood gets cut! (fingers too if trying to use a table saw the most "users" use computers).
Why isn't a computer more like an automobile, I don't need to get a license to use it. and cars, well you just turn em on and nobody dies of drunk driving accidents.....
Why isn't a computer more like an Oxy-Acetylene Welding torch...
just turn on the valve and wellll I'm getting dizy and tired......
Why isn't a computer more like skydiving... well
Yes computers can and will a lot more auto configuring..... but lets not forget you don't just plug in 'anything' and it works....
Except a fridge..... I plugin my fridge and keep my pets in there, they auto configure............
Any thing can be bad when used wrong...
A computer is not a toaster. It can't be
Clearly you never used a first-generation Athlon.
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