Steve Ballmer's Nightmare is Coming True
"1. The iPad eats the consumer PC market.<p>This is happening right now. In the third quarter of 2012, PC sales were down 8 percent on a year-over-year basis worldwide. In the U.S., sales were down 14 percent. A big chunk of the decline can be attributed to the rise of the iPad."<p>Or just that PC speeds have reached a plateau, and common desktop applications no longer need the latest hardware. The continuous upgrade cycle is slowing. I think that speaks for the 8% on its own.<p>On second glance, this whole article is borderline troll bait.