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In 2015 Tablet Sales Will Finally Surpass PCs, Fulfilling Steve Jobs' Post-PC Prophecy

Posted July 08, 2014 12:19 PM

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Back in 2010, a few months after the iPad's release, Steve Jobs predicted that tablets would eventually overtake PCs. Now, according to updated figures from Gartner, after five years of rather crazy tablet growth and slowly declining PC sales, 2015 will be the year that Jobs' post-PC dream is finally realized. In 2015, Gartner predicts a total of 320 million tablet sales, versus just 316 million PC sales (desktops and laptops) -- and that's an optimistic figure, too, that presumes businesses will continue to upgrade to Windows 7, and that Windows 9 (probably due in 2015) will drive increased PC sales.

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07/08/2014 3:00 PM

Unfortunately, new versions of MS-OS is NO reason to get new PC machines.

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07/09/2014 2:37 PM

once you go tablet, you look for ways to use it more over your laptop/desktop.

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07/09/2014 4:46 PM

My experience with the tablet is I sit for more hours in my easy chair in front of the TV. Not having to go to my desk to surf the net means it's easier for me to distract myself from other things I should be doing. I have strongly ambivalent feelings about that tablet.

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