desktop computers
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Benedict Evans · across every show →
Everything said about desktop computers, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Evans: Desktop computers are now only necessary for hardcore video editing
“And that line has kind of moved steadily of the stuff that you actually needed a desktop for. It shrunk and shrunk and shrunk and shrunk. And now it's really only, like, hardcore video editing or something you need an enormous screen for.”
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Evans: Desktop computers represent half of total PC sales and installed base
“Half of the sales, half of the base is still a desktop, because there's a bunch of people who either, their IT department only want to spend 300 dollars on a computer, Or they want a big screen, or they want the performance, or whatever it is.”