The Desktop Is Dead?

WIRED SAYS THE DESKTOP IS DEAD R.I.P. 00 HERE ARE JUST A FEW REASONS WHY ITS GOING TO TAKE AN AWFUL LOT OF KILLING. THE NUMBERS ARE STILL GROWING. NUMBER OF DESKTOP COMPUTERS IN THE WORLD 48,000 125,000,000 500,000,000 1,000,000,000 2008 2,000,000,000 / 2014 (EXPECTED) LILIO 1977 2001 2002 THEY ARE NOW TRULY 25% GLOBALLY SPREA. 38.8% ... OWNERSHIP BY REGION 11:7%: 38.8% USA 25% EUROPE 11.7% ASIA PACIFIC THEY ARE GETTING CHEAPER. AVERAGE PRICE OF A COMPUTER $3,000 $999 $569 $519 1982 1998 2008 2009 FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE, COMPARE THAT TO TABLET SALES: 55 3.19 million 55,000,000 – IPAD SALES 3,190,000 – OTHER TABLETS million THE REST STILL HAVE SOME CATCHING UP TO DO