Recently, I was surprised to discover that Macintosh computers are being sold very well, despite the great demand for tablet computers and smart phones. Microsoft's recent quarter reports, which were excellent, taught me that Personal Computers running windows are being sold excellently as well.
According to a research by the IDC research group, "Worldwide PC shipments rose about 22 percent in the quarter". This clearly shows that corporations worldwide, renewing their IT infrastructure, after years of standstill which were mainly due to the economic situation, are still betting on the Desktop, as the primary platform for Information Technology usage.
This choice has several interesting ramifications -
- competing tablets with iPad will have a chance to pursue the heart of corporation IT;
- smart phones are not considered as an alternative to desktops, but a complemntary technology, at this stage;
- desktops that are purchased today will probably serve a 3-5 years period, and as they are mostly appear to be Windows7 machines, neither Linux nor ChromeOS will become dominant in the desktop segment during this time-frame, and this windows-dominance persists despite clear cost-advantages for the competition, at least as far as licenses cost is considered (and we are talking about post-recession purchasing decisions!);
- as the next point in time for a change is somewhere between 2013-2015, innovations like Microsoft's surface, may very well be prepared to compete on the hearts and minds of desktop users, and position a real threat to tablets, which might prove - yet again - to be a temporary phenomena.
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