&quot;Dying&quot; is a pet peeve of mine. Usually it&#x27;s not true.<p>The desktop form factor is declining significantly in popularity in the mainstream market in favor of laptops and mobile devices. The reason is obvious: laptops and mobiles are portable, and the average user (and even many pro users) do not need <i>that</i> much power in their local device.<p>It&#x27;s still very popular in the gamer and professional workstation market, and likely will be for a long time. It&#x27;s just hard to cram the processing power that gamers, hard-core developers, CAD and simulation users, etc. need into something as small as a laptop without creating what&#x27;s comically referred to as a &quot;ball burner&quot; or &quot;weenie roaster.&quot; I&#x27;m sure there&#x27;s a female equivalent expression but it&#x27;s even less polite. :P<p>Intel has many-core options for these machines, but they tend to lag a little behind. If you have deeper pockets and <i>really</i> want power you can always put a high-end GPU in a server board with 2-4 Xeons and put it in a tower case. Now you have a data center node with a 4K monitor on it.