News - “Tablets will not kill PCs”, say analysts

[tre_peter]

I sometimes wonder if my desire to stick with the type of PC I grew up with is just the start of me becoming old and stubborn. My kids will be laughing at me for wanting to use a mouse I reckon, and I won't be able to use their fancy thought controlled devices.

[ET3D]

Replaced by compressed crap for the same price so they extend their profit margins even further.

The worst thing for me is that it might mean I'm not able to get the music I want. I can't buy music at Amazon or many other services. iTunes is now available to me, but with a limited selection. On the other hand I can order any CD I want from Amazon or other international stores. These digital borders are one of my main beefs with the digital content industry (the same applies to videos and e-books).

[ET3D]

I sometimes wonder if my desire to stick with the type of PC I grew up with is just the start of me becoming old and stubborn.

That's an interesting point. I often attribute my willingness to embrace some new technologies and form factors to my bad memory, which doesn't make me be as nostalgic as I might have been, but reading this something else crossed my mind. It's possible that having seen enough transitions (from home computers to PC's, for example), and encountering computers only as a teenager means that I haven't been "imprinted" with any particular technology.

[Chadders87]

Absolutely disagree with this piece of analysis.

It's the same as saying the petrol engine will become obsolete because of electric engines, or books will die off because of e-readers.

Pure poppycock! Different users want different things, I own a tablet, netbook, smartphone and a high performance pc. All have a purpose which they are suited to but my PC will always win when it comes to doing "real" tasks such as serious gaming or work.

A tablet is my hooker, I use it for pleasure when i'm away from home or nothing better is around.

[purdz]

I can't currently see a situation where PC's become obsolete, sure tablets are great useful but try sitting and programming on one for long periods of time without a keyboard etc.

I'd argue that the minute you add a hardware keyboard to a tablet and sit at a desk with it it becomes a PC.

There is definitely need and room for both to Co exist quite happily for a long time.

[Funkstar]

Tablets will reaplce PC's for some people, just like a lot of people dumped full sized laptops and desktops for netbooks. And for that matter, people have dumped desktops for laptops. None of these for factors have gone away.

Tablet sales are rocketing, I would guess that the segment that is suffering the most is the netbook. Tablets are the new bottom end basic internet device (even when you have a tablet that costs several times what a Netbook does, still just an internet device when you come to it).

[Funkstar]

I personally think that laptops and tabs are replacing the pcs because they are more powerful and easy to handle than bulky pcs.

How on earth is a laptop, never mind a tablet, more powerful than a desktop?

When it comes to some people replacing their ageing old desktops, they are being replaced by laptops, netbooks and tablets, but that's because they are better suited to that persons usage, rather than being more powerful.