Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, and Paul Otellini, Intel's CEO, said that the predictions of the end of the PC were too hasty by the PC that is now equipped with many new features to stand firm. in the rich digital equipment market.
Source: Defendingthenet
Gates and Otellini confirmed in the Wall Street Journal that the computer would become a hub for a number of digital devices. Their statement came after market researcher IDC said worldwide PC shipments were down from 15.9% last year to only 12.9% in the first quarter of this year. According to many technology experts, the popularity of consumer electronics products such as Apple's iPods, digital cameras and video cameras can make traditional computers obsolete.
However, some market analysts believe that the demand for PCs during this period slowed down because consumers and businesses wanted to wait until the Windows Vista operating system came out to determine the proper configuration.
" PCs not only perform common functions like building text and spreadsheets. Today, it is communication equipment, radio, TV, cinema and photo album ," Gates and Otellini said.
The two characters also reiterated that last year sales of Intel Centrino microprocessor-integrated laptops and operating systems on Microsoft Windows XP exceeded the iPod.
" Where do people go to share photos from cameras, download music, videos, synchronize contacts, schedules and e-mail in handsets, or search for episodes they missed last night? It's on the computer, 'Otellini concluded.
