On 16-05-11 6:32 AM, August Abolins -> Alan Zisman wrote:
 AA> Alan Zisman -> Jean Parrot said..

 AZ>> So (along with iThings), Mac sales are doing just fine -
 AZ>> unlike PC sales. I watched a webcast by analysts from IDC
 AZ>> Canada last week, looking at IT trends from 2010 through
 AZ>> 2015... among what they reported: PC sales (home and business)
 AZ>> drop by 7.5% this year, with an overall drop of 5.8% predicted
 AZ>> for the period to 2015.

 AA> Which probably means that most people are not replacing their pcs with
 AA> new ones.. and that tabs are probably what people want.

That's certainly what's going on. One of the things they noted was that the
push to reduce government spending is resulting in governments (and related
organizations) hanging onto PC for longer than used to be the case.

Their stats also indicate that a majority of homes (at least in N. America)
have PCs that are 3 yrs old or newer... so despite Microsoft's recent TV ad
campaign (ads set up a 'computer store' in a 'typical user's' home and show
the user amazed at how much better new PCs are than whatever he/she has
been using), many/most consumers aren't feeling much need to get a new PC.

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