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U.S PC shipments drop 7%, market isn't expected to bounce back until 2029 — price hikes and component shortages take hold as PC market declines, Omdia report suggests (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

And then eventually we will just have screens and operating system will just be streamed from the cloud.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I'm not that tin-foil-hat-ish. I think Apple will keep iPhones and Macbook Neos, and some scaled up versions for devs. Maybe Intel will morph their laptop platforms to lower power. Maybe Valve will press on with Steam Machines for a bit.

But I think the "Windows PC platform" as we know it will be stagnant.

You won't be able to just buy an RTX 7080 laptop, or build an ATX PC, because volume sales of those platforms will dry up. Without "Best Buy laptops" to fund them, why would Intel and AMD spend $billions on those chip designs for a few enthusiasts who can't afford them anyway, when younger generations don't even know how to use PCs?

Instead, they focus on servers, which shifts more people to thin clients and perpetuates the trend.

I could be wrong about that even.

The new Xbox CEO is making noise about PCs. Sony would be stupid not to do the same thing. The AI bubble could pop faster than I anticipate.

But still, its hard to see a future for PCs.