Why Are PC Sales Up and Tablet Sales Down?

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Post by bane » Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 4:01 PM UTC

Why Are PC Sales Up and Tablet Sales Down?
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Re: Why Are PC Sales Up and Tablet Sales Down?

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Post by john61 » Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 4:27 PM UTC

because the hype begins to slow down

Re: Why Are PC Sales Up and Tablet Sales Down?

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Post by moskie » Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

Anecdotal: the PC and laptop I bought around the time tablets started coming out are starting to show their age. So now I'm in the market for their replacements. Could a factor be the fact that the age of the tablet market currently equals the average lifetime of a PC?

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Post by eric_h » Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

It seems to me that this is going to be the cycle for the next decade or so, with PC sales and tablet sales cycling out of phase with each other.

Mind you, my own purchases don't reflect this. My current PC I bought 3 years ago, and I've purchased three iPads since (selling the older ones as I went along, they really do retain value quite well, making this a not terribly expensive habit).

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Post by kybernetyk » Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 4:40 PM UTC

I guess 5 - 7 years are over and people replace their old desktop/laptop PCs this year.

As for tablets: They are pretty boring content consumption devices. Why would you buy every year a new tablet if all you do with them is surfing the web/watching netflix? Also there's no mobile network operator who will give you one "for free" every two years when you renew a contract.

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Post by walterbell » Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 4:40 PM UTC

An entire article about the costs of PC management, without addressing enterprise management of tablets & phones.

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Post by wyager » Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

moskie wrote: post #3

Anecdotal: the PC and laptop I bought around the time tablets started coming out are starting to show their age. So now I'm in the market for their replacements. Could a factor be the fact that the age of the tablet market currently equals the average lifetime of a PC?

I would expect PC end-of-lifes to be distributed randomly or on a yearly cycle, not on a three-year cycle.

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Post by bitwize » Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 4:42 PM UTC

Because come to find out, tablets are actually fairly limited and not the be-all and end-all of even end-user computing.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

moskie wrote: post #3

Anecdotal: the PC and laptop I bought around the time tablets started coming out are starting to show their age. So now I'm in the market for their replacements. Could a factor be the fact that the age of the tablet market currently equals the average lifetime of a PC?

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Post by insertion » Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

moskie wrote: post #3

Anecdotal: the PC and laptop I bought around the time tablets started coming out are starting to show their age. So now I'm in the market for their replacements. Could a factor be the fact that the age of the tablet market currently equals the average lifetime of a PC?

That doesn't make sense. Not unless the introduction of the tablet caused people to buy PCs and laptops. There might be some dynamics between the two, but it doesn't relate to the age of the tablet being equal to the average lifetime of a PC.