The PC is dead, and this year’s CES proves it

A decade ago, the PC was the center of the digital world. Web TV aside, a full-scale Windows or Mac OS PC was the only reasonable way for ordinary people to get on the Internet. People also used their PCs to write term papers, organize their music and photos, edit video, play games, and a lot more.

But today, conventional PCs face a growing army of cheap, special-purpose rivals. No single device is an adequate PC replacement all by itself. But together, the growing menagerie of devices is making PC ownership less and less necessary for ordinary consumers.

This week's Consumer Electronics Show demonstrates just how far this trend has developed. Most of the big product announcements were related to post-PC gadgets. And product roadmaps from Intel and others suggests that the decline of the PC will only accelerate in the coming years.

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