just read an interesting article [which I have mislaid link to darn] that makes the point that there are two reasons for PC sales declining - one is the shift in consumer purchases, two is the reliability of modern computers, and the fact [they say] that PC hardware is no longer improving by leaps and bounds, so there is no need to replace it so often, especially given the stability and speed of win7 - and although PC sales have stalled, sales of netbooks, which are essentially mini-PC's are actually increasing ...