Phrish

February 15, 2012 at 9:57am

"Analyst: Tablet Sales Will Leave PC Sales in the Dust by 2015"

And the death of PC gaming is at hand... right?

Sensationalist drivel...

daniel3839

February 15, 2012 at 8:16am

They are gadgets for looking at email or reading the latest news and reviews on the web. Nothing more. Try and work all day on documents, email and other apps simultaneously as 9 out of 10 workers do every day at work and at home, good luck with that using that cool "GADGET" (tablet).

The only way its going to be even REMOTELY as workable as a workstation is if they go to a 12" screen, docking station with a full size mouse and keyboard.

They are real nifty for email and internet browsing. That's about it, and for $600.00+ dollars its outrageously over rated.

RtDK

February 15, 2012 at 8:03am

I keep hearing the exact same thing over and over again, and I've seen a lot of falling-out-of-love with tablets in response. Tablets were nifty when they were the new cool thing, but lately, there hasn't been the same amount of excitement over them that there used to be.

Maybe, perhaps, tablets as a form factor are here to stay, but I don't see them supplanting PCs. Not by a long shot. Sorry. Maybe they'll cannibalize some of their sales, sure, but if a person needs a computer--guess what?--they're going to buy a computer.

If Windows 8 is a big enough success, you could potentially see a merging of the two in some form or another down the road, but tablets, just by their form factor, are far more limited in what they're "useful" for in comparison with say, an ultrabook. If you need to type a document, for instance, you're going to use something with a keyboard. Tablets are useful for quick jotting of notes or references, and that's about the extent of the utility I see from them.

Not saying that tablets don't have a place, mind you--but I am saying that it's far more limited in scope than what people are making it out to be.

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February 15, 2012 at 6:00am

Its surprising the narrow mindedness some people seem to suffer from. Especially in light of the history of computing. I mean do some of you realize those limitations you are saying about tablets were once said about the PC? I remember back in the 80's when the naysayers said Computers would never make it into the home, because really there was nothing the average person had use for, and would ultimately become the pet rock of the 80s. I remember when people said 100MHz processors were going to be fastest we'd ever get because anymore and you'll need a heatsink the size of a volkswagon. I remember days before the internet when if you wanted to share something, you saved it to a floppy disk and walked it to whomever hence the term Sneaker Net. And speaking of disks, how many remember the 8" floppies? The 5 1/4", Cassette tapes? The day Commodore coined the term Giga? Who thought they were king Sh@t of F^{k mountain because they had a humongous 4GB HDD?

Some of you say you see people use their tablets and the do nothing with them, and to that I ask how many people do you know that have computers that do nothing with them? Probably about half of the people I know could still use one of those 100MHz PCs because all they do is Facebook, Email, and Tweet...

Already using the primitive apps on my iPad I can remotely access computers make repairs, install software etc. I was even able to get a very choppy game of Dawn of War going. I've watched (Flash) videos remotely, emailed files, adjusted my cloud storage. All by using my finger.

That being said I believe what is ultimately going to happen is the home server will supplant the PC. Tablets will start to become the monitors, keyboards, and mice. The whole way we interact with our systems will change.

kixofmyg0t

February 15, 2012 at 4:53am

I was gonna buy a new(Trinity based) laptop.....but I hardly ever use my laptops anymore. My Xoom has taken over the vast majority of my computing needs.

I have no real use for PC's now other than Photoshop or transcoding a video......to watch on my Xoom. In fact I just moved into a new house a couple weeks ago and still have yet to unpack any of my PC's. They're just not needed anymore honestly.

Waiting for Heart of the Swarm so I can fire up my rig that's been collecting dust since I built it. :/

icebox1701

February 15, 2012 at 12:49am

And toothpicks outsell toothbrushes 1000 to 1... Common. Both go in your mouth but they serve different purposes. It's about the same.

Most buy or bought them because it's the New Thing(tm) They just got a smartphone (don't ask why, they don't know) and it's time to feel cool and in sync with the modern times again.

Yes there are use cases for tablets, but most people seem to use them for facebook on couches. Very few people actually use them for what they are: a subset of a netbook trading usability for lightness and battery time.

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Penterax

February 14, 2012 at 8:55pm

I really don't understand why people like to make the tablet and desktop PC an "either/or" thing. The fact is, most of the people that buy a tablet already have a PC (or Mac) and aren't buying it to replace the PC.

Here's a prediction from me: The tablet will start actually decreasing in sales before 2015, except for specialized uses like the eReader, which will increase, once people figure out that tablets aren't really giving them anything better than a netbook or ultrabook - in fact are giving them quite a bit less. The tablet will live on, but more in its effect on other devices than as the original tablet. Ultrabooks, netbooks, and notebooks will come with higher resolution screens and touch capability.

;)

Dartht33bagger

February 14, 2012 at 8:52pm

Tablets have to be one of the most useless computing devices ever created in my opinion.

axiomatic

February 14, 2012 at 8:20pm

Too early to claim this. Marketing spin for sure. The PC has had legs for so many years it's silly to question its lasting power.

To BI Intelligence... I hope this puts you on the map though. Making that "big guess" as a market analyst might net you a win.... it also might make you look like an ass when this doesn't pan out.

Good luck.

Ghok

February 14, 2012 at 6:21pm

Tablets and PCs are good at different things. It doesn't really matter to me which is more popular. I don't really give a damn if my kettle is more popular than my toaster.

Though if I could only have one, I'd take a PC in a heartbeat.

maxeeemum

February 14, 2012 at 6:10pm

The PC is dead is just a marketing tool so they can influence the newest gadget crowd. Tablets are the new netbook that's all. I've been hearing all the hype on iPads and other tablets but have yet to see anybody using one in public. They appear to be something to surf the web while watching TV.

What I do see is more and more smart phone use. In fact it is a problem at work. Some people have been told to stop using them. I think they may be banned where I work.

Scatter

February 14, 2012 at 5:43pm

Tablets will always be held back by the fact that they'll never have a real keyboard or mouse support. I love them for their portability and convenience but I hate them whenever I want to actually type anything longer than a Facebook update or a quick email. And gaming will always be held back until they find a way to resolve control problems.

unsunghero225

February 14, 2012 at 2:17pm

Nahh..... Tablets are cool for the time being, but everyone who owns one, also owns a computer or laptop. When people want real computing power, or they're at work, or gaming or whatever it may be, a tablet just cant keep up.

Thats not to say that tablets cant do some of that to an extent... I simply think they are limited in how much we can actually get out of it.

Scatter

February 14, 2012 at 2:15pm

Meh, tablets may sell more in a single year soon but it doesn't mean that there's more tablets in households then there are PCs. People are purchasing tablets because they're a fad and they don't have one yet. Almost everyone already has a PC.

Shalbatana

February 14, 2012 at 1:22pm

Call me a nay-sayer, but I honestly think tablets are a fad. They are all over now and everyone wants one, and everyone wants to have one, but for every 5 people I know who has one, perhaps 2 still use it religiously.

I think they will grow for a while. Then, when people have had their mitts on them for a while, they'll fade a good deal in popularity. They'll become niche or limited use products for most people, that they use in addition to their laptop, or desktop.

But really, until you can interface it with a tricorder and use it to free your shuttlepod mate from the clutches of a water-guarding desert security system, they'll just be side products.

As convenient and tote-able as they are in some circumstances, they're just too clumsy and inconvenient in most circumstances.

Oh and PS: ereaders should be a class of their own, as calculators are to computers. And one of the reasons pc sales won't be as big as tablet sales, is obbious.... everyone already HAS a PC (man I should have been an analyst. Get paid to sit around and state the obvious)

(okay let the bashing begin)