[citation][nom]Thunderfox[/nom]Most people see computers as utilitarian objects. The notion of being 'proud' of one is not something the average person thinks about much. They just want it to do what they need, and for most people it does, if they bought it in the last few years.The 'death' of the PC is market saturation. Everyone has one already, and most of them are still good enough.[/citation]
Dammit Thunderfox, you NAILED IT!
Most of my customers put the PC in the same category as White Goods, like a fridge or washing machine!. It fulls a role in the house, no more! If it still fills the role it was intended for, they see no need to upgrade, the same if their fridge still keeps the food cold and the washing machine still washes their clothes!
The average 5 year old dual core PC can fulfill the basic needs of home users, online and offline, bit of e-mail, internet and shopping, with tons of facebook and the like!
Its only the people who are interested in technology that want the newest OS!
Windows 7 will be perfectly adept at keeping the XP crowd happy when support ends for them in three years or so!
Windows 8 METRO UI for desktop will be an ultimate fail if it cannot be switched off! I do not see that much traction in the marketplace on tablets anyways. Just like PC Market, saturation will hit, from my experience with my customers, every one who will use a tablet already has an IPAD 1/2.
The sad thing is once a user has an iPad, you try pry that away from them!
Windows 8 has some amazing improvements, I believe in a traditional desktop form, it will be a winner, but trapped in METRO, it will TANK!
As for the PC market dying HAHA! Yes the Box and Monitor format may be shrinking, but until we have mind and proper voice control, it is still the only way to get real work done and game like it was meant to be!
I could not give a monkeys toss if it died anyways, I am sure us humans would learn to adapt and i will still find a way to profit out of it!
Finally, WHY OH WHY would anyone want FINGERPRINTS all over their 24" monitor! I just do not get it!