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penguinator 11-30-2012 01:50 PM
Windows PC Sales Down 21% Since Windows 8 Launch
 
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-w...rosoft-2012-11

If you ask me, I think people are just tired of MS shenanigans and/or maybe some are upset that windows 8 came out to soon when so many finally took the plunge from windows xp to windows 7.

sundialsvcs 11-30-2012 03:02 PM
This is a classic example of the logical fallacy called Begging the Question.
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia:
Begging the question (Latin petitio principii, "assuming the initial point") is a type of informal fallacy in which a proposition relies on an implicit premise within itself to establish the truth of that same proposition. In other words, it is a statement that refers to its own assertion to prove the assertion. Such arguments are essentially of the form "A is true because A is true" though rarely is such an argument stated as such. Often the premise 'A' is only one of many premises that go into proving that 'A' is true as a conclusion.
The article invites you to presume that "Windows PC sales are down by 21%" (let's set-aside how that particular number was computed ...) is somehow related to "Windows-8 (sucks)." (Which it un-arguably does, but let's set-aside that, too. :) ) In fact there is no cause to assume that such a correlation holds.

The difficulty that is facing MIcrosoft right now is simply that the entire market for computing is undergoing its next technological evolution: the devices that really matter are the ones that fit in your pocket. Even within "traditional" desktop/laptop bastions, people want even more immediate access to their information and they want it wherever they are now. Furthermore, they want a specialized solution to their most-immediate need; not a be-all/end-all thingamabob that requires an IT department just to understand it.

(Fair warning, Linux IT-infrastructure 733T D00DZ! This particular sea-change is aimed squarely at :eek: your job, :eek: too!)

NyteOwl 11-30-2012 03:35 PM
Add in the fact that personal computers have reached a speed and storage a capacity that most people find their current machine meeting their needs for longer and so needing replacement less often.


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