, Columnist
PC Makers Need a Reality Check
When analysts describe a decline in positive terms, you know things are bad.
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Global PC shipments fell 5.7 percent last year because ... well, you know why: Fewer people want to buy a PC.
It really is as simple as that. Analysts can slice and dice the numbers to try to explain every twist and turn in the industry's demise, but Occam's Razor applies.