Size does matter

Australian IT - PC sales to slow in 2005 :

"GROWTH of global personal computer sales is expected to cool to about 9.7 per cent in 2005, market research firm IDC said, scaling back its prior forecast of 10.1 per cent growth."

I have no idea why PC vendors panic. We've all got PCs. I have 2 and I have bought PCs on a regular basis. They need to be upgraded because the new technology is always impressive. We know that. I wish laptops would get cheaper so you could get one without the cheaper chips at a reasonable piece. They'd be so much more convenient than all the plastic and circuitry I am surrounded by. We buy printers and web cams and USB cables and this and that. I have regularly shelled out on PC stuff so I fail to see the "panic". Everyone I know regularly invests in their PC. We may not buy a whole new one each time. It's a part of our lives. It is not going to go away. We want something which takes up less room because eveyone in the house needs their own one, that's how far we have come. People can actually compute for their own purposes now. The problem is the desk top PC takes up so much space you have to think well and long before you get another...or another. Size does matter when you talk PC.