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posted by Editor on Monday September 30, @04:35PM
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This article in the New York Times (free registration required) reports that among households with PC's, the intention to buy a new computer in the next six months has fallen to just 11 percent from 21 percent in early 2000, which is the lowest level in five years. The 27-year old PC industry is stuck in a quandary, trying to come up with compelling new reasons for the world's 500 million PC owners to replace their existing machines. In the past, every time the PC business appeared to run out of steam, it has been revived by innovative new software that attracted huge numbers of first-time buyers, followed by successive waves of upgraders. But this time, new computing markets appear increasingly to be moving away from the desktop PC, and many of the new applications that have held out hope for a new round of growth are now appearing as cheaper, specialized computer products.
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