PC death greatly exaggerated

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Tim LeRoy says recent news reports have created far too much FUD around the demise of the desktop PC

Will you all please shut up about the death of the PC? It's confusing the customers and driving them into inertia. "PC sales see longest decline in history." "Does the decline in PC sales indica...

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