Do you have any details on this switch? I don't see any change in my 
office but that's or any other offices but this is strictly anecdotal and 
not a study of any kind.


On Mon, 22 Oct 2012, Claude Everett wrote:

> I gather that you all are specifically speaking of just the MSW or the Lenox
> and it's variants, Operating Systems; but what about the switch to MAC that
> is happening?
>
>
> Claude Everett
> "First of all:  what is work?
> Work is of two kinds:
>  first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface
> relatively to other such matter;
> second, telling other people to do so.
>  The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and
> highly paid."
> From The collection of essays "In Praise of Idleness" by Bertrand Russell
>
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> Its content creation and edition that these smart phones and tablets are not
> sufficient for. The drop in sales does not correspond with the actual use
> ofthe PC. Businesses that have those machines will stay with them for a very
> long time.
> The smart phone is still a hot little sports car. When you got to do major
> shopping, load up the station wagon.
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2012, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
>
>> I agree that PC and laptop sales are slumping right now. that's
>> definitely due to competition from tablets and smart phones. It's also
>> due to the fact that people are waiting on Windows 8. Let's also not
>> confuse the fact that PC and laptop sales aren't what they were this
>> time a year ago to PC's and laptops aren't selling at all. The market
>> will be shifting over time, and you won't have as many laptops and
>> PC's being sold, but that doesn't mean they're going away and it
>> doesn't mean that companies won't be making money selling them.
>>
>> As I've said before, smart phones and tablets are great for content
>> consumption, but they aren't ideal for content creation. I know you
>> can attach a keyboard to a smart phone and I know you can hook up a
>> large display to a smart phone, but if you spend over 8 hours a day
>> working on spread sheets, desktop publishing, web content, programming
>> and so on, why would you do that on a less powered smart phone or
>> tablet when you could do that on a laptop or PC with more local
>> storage, a faster multi-core processor and multiple display support?
>> There are also the hard core gamers, and I don't see them putting up
>> with the performance of your typical smart phone or tablet.
>>
>> I agree that smart phones and tablets will become more and more
>> powerful over time, but so will PC's and laptops. There are also these
>> converged devices, where you get a smart phone or tablet when you're
>> out and about and a desktop when you drop it into the dock on your
>> desk. These might be the real competition to laptops.
>>
>> On 22/10/12 15:36, Mike Pietruk wrote:
>>> Harry
>>>
>>> This isn't an all or nothing decision.  Differing types of pcs,
>>> tablets, phones and all sorts of electronic devices will compete in
>>> the marketplace with many users opting for several different ones for
>>> a variety of reasons.
>>> As for XP, no one knows whether April 2014 will end support or not;
>>> the marketplace will determine that.
>>> If there remains a large user base, MSFT may have to continue support
>>> for yet another cut-off date.
>>> And even if they don't extend the date, that isn't to say that folks
>>> won't continue using xp.
>>> What kills an operating system is whether or not there are many folks
>>> using it, whether software and hardware still remain available to do
>>> what folks they to do, et al.
>>> And if support ends for XP, that says nothing about other
>>> desktop/laptop operating systems such as Vista, Win 7 and now Win 8.
>>> So I don't expect the demise of desktops and laptops in the near term
>>> though sales and use may decline in percentage terms with other
>>> equipment taking a great portion of the share.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The real measure of our wealth is how much we should be worth if we lost
> our money.
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