The PC should have been dead by now, but somehow it's still alive and kicking
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The PC should have been dead by now, but somehow it's still alive and kicking
The PC refuses to die and has outlived predictions of its demise
Bottom line: The death of the PC has been probably been predicted just as many times as the year of the Linux desktop, but none of these has come to pass. Today, almost everyone has a smartphone and quite a few of us also own a tablet, but the day when we can give up PCs entirely is still nowhere in sight.
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Throughout the last ten years, many smart people have predicted the "end" or "death" of the PC, which would slowly become a rare sight when compared to the ubiquitous smartphones and tablets that would take over our digital lives.
One of the most famous predictions was that of Steve Jobs when he revealed the first generation iPad in 2010. He noted the tablet would gradually cannibalize the obsolete form factor PCs thanks to their natural, touch interface and simplicity. The thinking was that since many people don't need to do very complex tasks, a smartphone and a tablet would be enough to cover those needs.
By comparison, the PC was a bit too complicated, not quite as portable, and would become a specialized, high-powered tool that only the most demanding users would use on a daily basis. Jobs drew an analogy between digital devices and cars, explaining that PCs would be just like trucks - still in use but not nearly as much as sedans.
But sometimes even smart entrepreneurs can be taken over by wishful thinking and tunnel vision. If we take Steve Jobs' prediction, he was not entirely wrong - PC sales have indeed slowed down considerably over the last decade, something that has been presented through numerous graphs and analyses.
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