I don’t suppose it has anything to do with the fact that the economy stinks and folks are tending to hold-on to their money.
I’d like a new car, but the old one still works fine. I’d like a new PC, but the old one . . .
Well, your reason seems to echo REASON NUMBER 5 in the article:
5. People are just not upgrading that much anymore.
Some have said that people are just not upgrading their computers that much anymore because they are already as fast as they want them to be. Simon Bisson argues in a piece on ZDNet that we are already in an era of “good enough computing.” “Why do you need to buy a new PC when you can get better performance with a software upgrade on your old hardware?” Bisson writes. It’s an interesting argument, but Rubin says that might be all tied back to argument number one: tablets.
“I would say if they are postponing, it is that upgrade dollars are going to other devices like tablets and smartphones. So, really, it is back to reason one,” Rubin said. Post-PC world is right.
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But my question is this — wouldn’t that eventually be the same reason for Tablets?
DING DING DING winner!
the ecconomy stinks and there is no reason to buy a new box when the old box can be upgraded for a year of additional use. Make that IT person EARN their money. (unlike that extra one who was let go because he was found playing games and facebooking all day)
Not if you're an Obama-bot, loathe to admit that there is no "recovery", or just looking for one more "last nail" to drive into what is by now the pile of nails that is Microsoft's coffin.