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Death of the PC

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    TechnoBuffalo.com’s Todd Haselton breaks down whether tablets and smart phones are killing the PC.

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Dell and HP Hewlett-Packard both seem to be hurting from what we call it apple effect -- the I had the -- and as well.

Killing the PC -- -- from techno buffalo dot com joins us now.

I mind being too extreme -- -- -- on death watch for the PC.

I think you're not being -- extreme but you have to look at it differently are we on death watch for the desktop PC the ones we had under our desk yes a net.

But we're moving to a whole new generation of devices that's a technology -- it's evolving.

In two laptops those are dying a little bit they're down one point 9% United States according -- but we're also looking towards windows eight.

And new chips from Intel also right now a lot of papers are holding off waiting on these new products so listen to windows -- to Microsoft product right Intel chips.

They will go into devices which you could say all.

Changed slightly changed PC is like tablets right exactly I think we're gonna have a problem where we have to redefine what a PC is in the normally it's a personal computer appear you do at the moment not a fun -- focus -- right now we have laptops and we have ipads on it and people are saying well -- as are doing better tablet markets doing better PCs are slowing down.

We knows it's gonna change it up a little bit because it enables you to use a tablet as -- PC so we'll have a full desktop operating system.

Plug in multiple monitors plug in -- keyboard -- amounts.

-- you have a tablet.

That is a PC we're have to question.

When we start seeing those sales increase.

Our dues so -- -- -- tablets.

OK so the people like Dell and HP nor in the PC business basically making these things right.

They've got to recover they've got to mold the PC is they know it into a tablet can come into the market with a successful problem that if they can't do that.

That debt.

I'm also sure -- -- -- -- just -- strong they're restructuring right and so I think that that shows that -- they're paying attention industry they need to do something -- on the other hand.

What happened to -- you've got a -- and those commercials were seeing a lack of of them trying to go after the market especially in my market I don't know anybody who owns a -- anymore and I used to be the go to system when you go to college relevant.

Point seven what do most people use of -- right.

Mac books all of them not all of them there's HP's a great when he can go to Best Buy pick wanna proceed for 99.

But right now you see a lot of people using map with children most of you go towards its a hand held device you carry around but I think those are secondary devices to especially right now -- have an iPad -- you wanna sit on the couch and just.

Play games or browse the web but you also have -- And quickly so that the grammar schools are switching to -- books -- the kids are growing up with math books they're not growing up with felt like we did.

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