After 30 years, IBM says PC going way of vacuum tube and typewriter

Post-PC era? Microsoft says no

While that sounds pretty vague, Dean notes that IBM has boosted its profit margins since selling off its PC division with a strategy of exiting commodity businesses and “expanding in higher-value markets.” One example: IBM’s Watson, newly crowned Jeopardy champion.

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“We conduct fundamental scientific research, design some of the world’s most advanced chips and computers, provide software that companies and governments run on, and offer business consulting, IT services and solutions that enable our clients to transform themselves continuously, just like we do,” Dean writes.

For all the debate over whether this is a “post-PC” era, it’s clear more people today own Windows computers and Macs than smartphones and tablets, and our new mobile devices are complementing desktops and laptops rather than replacing them.

It’s hard to beat the convenience of an easy-to-use, Internet-connected device in one’s pocket, but many tasks are cumbersome without a full, physical keyboard. Even social media, which seems as “post-PC” as it gets upon first glance, requires a lot of typing.

Some people envision a future where a smartphone is the hub of all your computing needs, and simply hooks into a dock for those rare times you want a bigger screen, mouse and keyboard. Others talk about a future where any surface, whether a wall or table, is transformed into a touch-screen computer with a snap of one’s fingers.

For now, though, most people making these proclamations are typing their blog posts on PCs.