My theory of why PC sales are going down.

[asim1999]

when Apple and other companies claim that tablets and smartphones will replace desktops, they are correct ( to an extent(.

They claim that PC sales will go down significantly and IMO it is for one reason: PC building. 

PC building is quite a niche market where people can customise a system to their needs (e.g, i5 for gaming, i7 for produuctivity) and so on. This is why prebuilts are becoming obsolete, since people have specific needs when it comes to desktops, and desktops are not really necessary for simple tasks, and are now more geared towards more intensive use such as gaming and extreme productivity ( video editing and rendering) so they can be fully customised. 

Thanks to people like linus, the PC has been refined into a more specific market, with individual needs and budgets being different and diverse. Hence more people are taking the chance of building their computers (and are mostly ) loving it.

Thanks to linus and others for opening people's eyes to custom PCs and making the market grow significantly.

that's all i have to say for now.

please leave your comments below

thanks

[TheKDub]

#CustomPCMasterRace!

[Enderman]

PC sales are higher than they have ever been before M8.

[asim1999]

#CustomPCMasterRace!

IKR

PC sales are higher than they have ever been before M8.

i meant prebuilts for general use, not for specific usage models

thats why tablets and smartphones rule that field since they are so much simpler and easier for basic tasks (email, internet browsing, skype, etc).

[AlwaysFSX]

PC building is quite a niche market where people can customise a system to their needs (e.g, i5 for gaming, i7 for produuctivity) and so on. This is why prebuilts are becoming obsolete, since people have specific needs when it comes to desktops, and desktops are not really necessary for simple tasks, and are now more geared towards more intensive use such as gaming and extreme productivity ( video editing and rendering) so they can be fully customised. 

It's best not to be contradictory and wrong at the same time.

[asim1999]

It's best not to be contradictory and wrong at the same time.

u wot m8? dunno what ur saying

[AlwaysFSX]

u wot m8? dunno what ur saying

You're saying PC sales are dying, but improving because of X reason. You're also saying prebuilts are becoming obsolete, that's far from the truth.

[DigitalHermit]

Somewhat agree...

 

I'd also like to add something:

 

Corporate users are shifting to the "thin client model" for most clerical tasks which don't need a lot of power... This means that you can have really low-end machines for the employees and have all the processing power and storage concentrated on the server... This could also spell the death of big brand prebuilts with the non-techies being the remaining possible consumers, but then again, it'll compete with the laptops and tablets...

[Guest]

u wot m8? dunno what ur saying

 

I could only just about translate that back into English, to be honest. 

[LemonSpice]

PC sales are higher than they have ever been before M8.

he probably was talking about the dell hp ad teir one system builder space also computers are not going to go away a phone cannot mattch the power of a pc on any leve and it has a very cut down ui so not as much productivity can happen on it

[mansoor_]

You could have replaced that whole paragraph with just:

Those people who were using pcs for internet browsing are now buying tablets instead. 

[asim1999]

You could have replaced that whole paragraph with just:

Those people who were using pcs for internet browsing are now buying tablets instead. 

But then that wouldnt be relevant to my intended topic:  pc building

[That Random Cat]

But then that wouldnt be relevant to my intended topic:  pc building

Those people who were using pcs for internet browsing are now buying tablets instead. Building custom a custom pc is becoming more and more common.

[asim1999]

Those people who were using pcs for internet browsing are now buying tablets instead. Building custom a custom pc is becoming more and more common.

Thats what i meant: general usage: tablets and phones

Specific/intensive usage: Custom PC

[TheRetiredSlave]

I've been saying something similar for a little while now..

There will be a specialization of the desktop PC market, in which gaming enthusiasts and professionals will get specialized performance PCs, and the average consumers will probably just be perfectly happy with generic phones/tables/ultrabooks.

 

Of course, even more recently there's been a little bit of a slowdown of the tablet market and a corresponding increase in the PC market. Maybe our assumptions about the future of PCs aren't exactly correct?

[Frosty11]

PC sales could be higher if we get better ports for upcoming games. Better ports would mean better performance on entry-level and mid-range hardware. This way people who don't want to spend a lot more than what the consoles are available will be encouraged to buy PCs over consoles.

[asim1999]

PC sales could be higher if we get better ports for upcoming games. Better ports would mean better performance on entry-level and mid-range hardware. This way people who don't want to spend a lot more than what the consoles are available will be encouraged to buy PCs over consoles.

AC;Unity and Watch Dogs anyone?