What went wrong?

>normies always hated huge computers

>now they have tablets and smartphones that pretty much do everything a normie could want

gee I wonder what happened
really makes you think

>>55202063
#RIPPC

>>55202044
Lack of substantial CPU performance improvement.

>>55202044
No reason to upgrade still.

Before the world wide web, computers were reviled as geek shit. Now that IOT is good enough, most people have no use for a desktop computer again.

>>55202044
>>55203672
this pretty much.

anyone who bought a computer with at least 8gb ram and a 2.0ghz quad core or 2.5 ghz dual core in the last 6 years has no reason to upgrade.

>>55203672
We need to sell compute-heavy workloads into the market to generate sales.

VR
3D scanning ("back up your things and amazon can print a replacement if it breaks")
Media cache/compression servers to improve bandwidth use on 4G hotspot internet plans
Greater emphasis on encryption
Phone app local acceleration client/server software architectures (eg ask app to edit video you took, it pushes video file to PC on LAN where backend receives and performs edits, then streams back result to phone.

>>55202044
PCs last too long.
1980s and 1990s: Had to buy new one every few years because the CPU speed advanced so rapidly
2000s: had to buy new one because capacitors broke

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>>55202044
Waiting for Zen.

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>>55202044
Can't wait until g-d's chosen people decide to make pc hardware degrade faster just like smartphone's