[vidarh]

> PC's are the same trash can size devices they were two decades ago

Do you actually visit your local PC stores regularly?

Because while it was not unusual to see full sized towers on display, these days it's rare to even see a standard ATX case. The typical form-factor even for the desktops have slimmed down massively, and a large number of the devices are now "all in one" models with the PC and monitor in one.

That's actually why I agree with you about mobile - the performance _most_ people needs is low enough that the form factor has been steadily going towards mobile, and yet sales are still anaemic while mobile device sales have sky-rocketed. With the rise of Android "TV sticks", coupled with increasing support for mirroring/streaming display from your mobile devices, and/or HDMI/MHL ports and bluetooth keyboards, the desktop is going to be redundant for most people within a few years.

The irony is the desktop trend towards small devices, bluetooth keyboards and "all in one" models are accelerating the demise of the desktop more than it is propping it up, by making people used to wireless keyboards and not having a big box PC.