PC is going to die?

[Navokz]

I don't usually post but I've seen this discussion many times before and one primary factor is ritually overlooked, Lithium. 

 

Form factor isn't the limitation we're up against, you could cram a socket 2011 hyperthreaded 6-core and a Titan GPU with minor under-clocking to control temperatures in an ultra book but the battery would drain in minutes. Certainly the traditional desktop PC will decline going forward but until the unlikely miracle by which we find a superior alternative to Lithium-Ion the power of mobile computing will remain almost stagnant.

 

With regard to the decline of the PC; it will fall to the way-side as the average consumer adopts mobile platforms and we've already seen this in recent years but the PC will remain due in part to the projected growth of PC gaming in years to come but more so due its necessity at the enterprise level with regard to servers and professional work which will only be bolstered by the growth of technology as a whole as more and more of our jobs involve IT.

[CAKEwasTRUE]

well for most things tablets and the rest are still inferior to the pc 

 or a tablet requires a PC most of the time.

[JordanMac]

office work etc will always need computers because they have power and offer a more comfortable typing experience.

[rashdanml]

Desktops and Workstations will always exist. However, the performance gap between them and ultrabooks/convertible tablets will close, allowing for low power, high performance systems across all platforms (desktops and ultrabooks), depending on how technology advances. The main difference for ultrabooks/convertibles will be the mobility for people who need the same level of performance on the go.

 

Standard laptops (non-ultrabook) may turn into a niche market.

[Fetzie]

Everything that requires the use of a keyboard and mouse.

[Guerrero]

Uh, what do companies use for their employees? Tablets? No. Phones? No. Computers? YES.

 

You're not going to see huge corporations like Cisco, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Irvine Company, LinusMediaGroup, etc. use anything BUT computers to do their everyday work.

I remember the workers at a Sears in Southern California had iPads with satchels to carry them lol

[Langdon]

Productivity things like 3D rendering, modelling, video editing, etc. Very CPU intensive things that only a PC would be able to handle quickly, efficiently, and reliably enough.

A keyboard and mouse and definitely more comfortable than leaning over a tiny phone/tablet screen.