so people have always been fascinated by death who shot Tupac what really
happened to Amelia earheart is Elvis still alive somewhere in Mississippi but
in the tech World it seems to be whether the desktop PC is dead as a platform
that we can't seem to stop talking about with Myriad digital column inches
dedicated to the topic you see about 15
years ago it seemed like the desktop computer was an absolute necessity for
most technological interaction that didn't involve living room experiences
like console gaming or watching television viewing simple websites was
with few exceptions something you did sitting at a desk even laptops of the
era were clunky underpowered and far
more common in business settings than they were at home of course these days
thanks to fast processors that are much less power hungry smaller portable
devices have been able to step in and fill roles that were once almost
exclusively the domain of desktops and because so much of our Computing these
days is aided by Cloud processing and
cloud storage having a desktop PC to
install applications and store your stuff has become less and less important
I mean think about how Wikipedia has become the goto font of knowledge in
instead of Encarta on compact disc or
how Facebook probably stores far more of your precious photos than your hard
drive does so because a decent
smartphone tablet or a laptop can bring
up web pages and social media just as
capably as a desktop and because a
staggering number of people only use their computers as Internet machines
anyway people started to trade in their bulky desk top PCS a few years back and
desktop sales have been declining ever
since in fact after desktops hit their
peak in worldwide shipments in 2010 about
157 million units that number dropped
precipitously to only 2third of that by
the end of last year so given this deine
is there really reason to believe that we're going to be computing exclus
exclusively on portable devices in the
near future to answer let's take a
deeper look at those numbers although
the figures might sound a little alarming if you're a PC Enthusiast
concerned about how much longer your hobby will be around it's important to
know that much of the slump in sales has been at the lower end of the market your
relatively cheap machines from companies like Dell and Gateway that
non-enthusiasts were mostly using for basic tasks and given that modern
laptops and smartphones do these things quite well the lackluster sales of
Cheaper off-the-shelf PCS makes sense
businesses have been migrating to laptops as well in addition to keeping
their PCS around for longer before
replacing them due to a lack of gamechanging new features that would
justify a more rapid upgrade cycle I
mean do you really think the average receptionist would be able to tell much
of a difference between a Sandy Bridge CPU from 2011 and a current gen kbl Lake
processor does his or her calendar benefit from USB
3.1 so where does that leave Enthusiast Computing and PC gaming well if this is
your thing you'll be pleased to know that the market for gaming desktops and
components is still quite strong and is
expected to continue to grow into the future in fact the total gaming Hardware
Market hit the $60 billion Mark in 2016
and is expected to grow by 6% annually
through 2019 not bad considering how
poorly the low-end is doing but why is
gaming Hardware so different well a big
part of it is that unlike the general consumer Market people who are are
serious about PC gaming often won't settle for good enough considering how
quickly demanding new games are released according to Intel PC Gamers upgrade
about every other year which is significantly more often than the
general public and the rise of digital distribution platforms such as Steam and
the plethora of custom options like
multim monitor the ability to use almost any controller you want and enough RGB
to choke a horse not to mention the immersion of VR has helped to make the
gaming PC scene a compelling one and
although game downloads and VR headsets are also available on Console systems
like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One they
still can't come close to the levels of performance that are available on the PC
so what's our conclusion then while the general feeling around the desktop PC
market is Doom and Gloom it seems the real story is that the PC is simply
becoming more of a product for gamers um
high-end professionals and enthusiasts who are less price sensitive than
normies and I know that those folks
aren't going away anytime soon but whether you self-identify as Normie or
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