Well, “death” might be overstating the facts, but unit growth in PC sales is essentially flat and revenue from so-called “netbooks” is actually falling precipitously.
The latest evidence of this trend: for the first time since 1996, IBM’s market cap is now greater than Microsoft’s. IBM has strategically focused increasing on software and technology consulting services and is far less reliant on computing hardware than is Microsoft, given the fact that Microsoft is the dominant seller of PC software. Big Blue sold its personal computer business to Lenovo back in 2005.
The PC is falling in importance in because of tremendous growth in mobile devices and tablets (make that the iPad).
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- IBM passes Microsoft to become second-most valuable tech company (seattletimes.nwsource.com)


