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[Linoman]

images/news/hardware.jpgPC SALES in Japan have fallen for the fifth quarter leading the bean counters IDC to predict the end of the PC.

IDC analysts have stroked their beards and wondered if Japan will become the first major market to see a decline in personal computer use.

Masahiro Katayama, IDC's top beard stroker, said that the household PC market is losing ground to other electronics like flat-panel TVs and mobile phones.

He said that the trend shows no signs of letting up with big names like NEC and Sony's PC sales headed for such a loud belly flop that it can be heard in the changing rooms.

Hitachi has already said that it is going to pull out of the home PC market.

Katayama said these days people are not impressed with big hard drives or faster processors. They now want bigger tellies and more gadgets on their mobiles.

[TheBearLT]

End Of "PC" ? That is Really stupid to think this way.. So what that People Buying mobile phones and/or PPCs,Notebooks.. the PC Will stay alive 4ever..

Because all this stuff is portable.. and People wants to have something Personal at home...

It's like a "Large Sofa" VS "Portable Folding bed (dunno how this Called in English correctly)"


Yes.. indeed you can carry "Portable F Bed" everywhere around your home, you can take it out into your Garden.. but the real Comfort is inside.. inside your House.. on your Damn Large Sofa

Hope you got what I meant

[VoodooGuru]

Personally, I could care less about all of the mind-numbingly stupid gadgets that are on the market today.

I don't need a phone that takes photos or plays music or that I can strain my eyes to watch TV or videos on.

I don't need ghey ringtones.

I don't need an MP3 player (at least, not until I am able to ride my bicycle again, if ever).

I don't need to carry files around on a PDA, it is what I have remote access and a flash drive for.

I especially don't need someone tracking me down me when I don't want to be found.

The 'beard strokers' have been predicting the doom of the PC for years and none of it has come to fruition.

Beard-strokers. Who coined that? I find the term very amusing.

And by the way... Hey, O'Reilly, just where is my rant emoticon?!? Bwaa hahahahahahahahaha

Edited by VoodooGuru, 07 November 2007 - 04:36 PM.

[m.oreilly]

VoodooGuru, on Nov 7 2007, 08:33 AM, said:

Personally, I could care less about all of the mind-numbingly stupid gadgets that are on the market today.

I don't need a phone that takes photos or plays music or that I can strain my eyes to watch TV or videos on.

I don't need ghey ringtones.

I don't need an MP3 player (at least, not until I am able to ride my bicycle again, if ever).

I don't need to carry files around on a PDA, it is what I have remote access and a flash drive for.

I especially don't need someone tracking me down me when I don't want to be found.

The 'beard strokers' have been predicting the doom of the PC for years and none of it has come to fruition.

Beard-strokers. Who coined that? I find the term very amusing.

i hear ya

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...And by the way... Hey, O'Reilly, just where is my rant emoticon?!? Bwaa hahahahahahahahaha

i'll put out an all points bulletin

[VoodooGuru]

m.oreilly, on Nov 7 2007, 11:48 AM, said:

i hear ya
i'll put out an all points bulletin

Michael, who do I have to bribe?!? nyuk,nyuk...

[Nvyseal]

VoodooGuru, on Nov 7 2007, 11:02 AM, said:

Michael, who do I have to bribe?!? nyuk,nyuk...

We take Bribes

[hog]

TheBearLT, on Nov 7 2007, 11:17 AM, said:

End Of "PC" ? That is Really stupid to think this way.. So what that People Buying mobile phones and/or PPCs,Notebooks.. the PC Will stay alive 4ever..

Because all this stuff is portable.. and People wants to have something Personal at home...

It's like a "Large Sofa" VS "Portable Folding bed (dunno how this Called in English correctly)"
Yes.. indeed you can carry "Portable F Bed" everywhere around your home, you can take it out into your Garden.. but the real Comfort is inside.. inside your House.. on your Damn Large Sofa

Hope you got what I meant

I like the comparison I agree such an idea is totally stupid. Yes, you can do almost everything a PC does on smaller, portable devices, only the PC does it all much better...

[VoodooGuru]

Nvyseal, on Nov 7 2007, 01:12 PM, said:

We take Bribes

Consider yourself bribed...

[Nvyseal]

VoodooGuru, on Nov 7 2007, 08:25 PM, said:

Consider yourself bribed...

HAHA! Thanks buddy!! now what emoicon would you like and welcome to being a sponsor. make yourself at home. (you may have to log out and back in again to see the additional forums)

[VoodooGuru]

Nvyseal, on Nov 7 2007, 10:33 PM, said:

HAHA! Thanks buddy!! now what emoicon would you like and welcome to being a sponsor. make yourself at home.

Well, I am known for my rants and that would be my first choice, I've been known to get myself in a bit of trouble over at pamd64 on occasion... bwaaaaa-hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I also have a nice little emoticon that can be added to the collection...

[m.oreilly]

hey don, anybody that quotes umberto is super in my book

[Nvyseal]

VoodooGuru, on Nov 7 2007, 09:07 PM, said:

Well, I am known for my rants and that would be my first choice, I've been known to get myself in a bit of trouble over at pamd64 on occasion... bwaaaaa-hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I also have a nice little emoticon that can be added to the collection...

I think we can have the MOman add that with your tag