Why PC Sales Are Declining

First time accepted submitter Benedick writes "I have a four year old desktop and a three year old notebook. Why haven't I upgraded to a new machine? Because they still work great. PC sales aren't declining because of Windows 8. They are declining because our PCs are so good, they last a lot longer. Will Oremus of Slate explains it better than I can."

Written by a non-cat-owner

[HBBisenieks]

Obviously. I don't know anything that can kill a computer better than a few feline-induced keystrokes.

Re:The Cloud is RAM, apparently

[zAPPzAPP]

No silly.
The cloud is the new floppy disk.

Re:Reason number one.

[Anonymous Coward]

Windows 8 is kind of like getting your naughty bits pierced. At first it hurts like hell, but once you use it for a while, you begin to take really like it.

Re:Reason number one.

[Anonymous Coward]

And then the infections start appearing.

Re:Because old machines are perfectly fine!

[Psychotria]

I agree. This is me playing the new Tomb Raider: http://mathsci.ucd.ie/~plynch/eniac/ENIAC.jpg [mathsci.ucd.ie]

It's slow as shit :(

Re:The Cloud is RAM, apparently

[LordLimecat]

Youve never really experienced cloud computing until you've put your pagefile on Google drive.

Re:Written by a non-cat-owner

[fafalone]

Fire, swimming pools, hot tubs, lava, shotguns, Gallagher, cannons, M80s, trebuchets, toddlers, flame throwers, tanks, grandmothers, that fat gamer dude, gorillas, tornadoes, ninjas, wood chippers... well, you get the idea. In fact, when it comes to destroying a computer kittehs are not anywhere near the top ten.

You, sir, have obviously never owned a cat.