The PC is not dying. How do people think all these neat mobile devices and tablets are programmed? Not on a mobile device or tablet.
Try running a debugger on a 7 inch screen with an on screen keyboard. Sheesh. Commercials on tv promoting all the social media advances are so obtuse and targeted for the “look at me” demographic. “The next big thing yada yada...” and it is some palm size gadget that allows to share your music playlist, big frickin’ deal. Heck even the smart phones are getting bigger than smaller.
For the people who only surf, waste time on fb and other social crappers, and post youtube videos of inane, stupid stuff, yes they don’t need a PC. For those that actually work they will need a keyboard and at a minimum a 17 inch screen (if not two), 8+ GB of RAM and a xxGB hard drive.
Attention follow up rant: Come to think of it I am sick of hearing about the cloud as well. Yeah let’s put all out data out of our control where any small thing denies us access and anyone can get to it. I do software design and I hate this crap, it is always the newer generation of “engineers” that want everything cloudy and install pant loads of plug-ins and extensions to get their open source crap to run. I look at the achievements made in the 30’s-80’s (aerospace travel for one) without massive computing power and I am sometime feeling we are moving backward. Most technology advances came from space and military research (even medical stuff) and now it is all deriving from what is best for sharing your life BS.
Ah I feel better.
Agree with you both...
For those who see computing as a “fashion statement” - or entertainment, sure, always jump in on on the latest fad.
For those of us who use our computers as TOOLS, we select that which:
1) is cost effective
2) is comfortable to use
3) most efficiently and effectively gets the job done
Like an old pair of jeans - or my favorite framing hammer...