[oaktre]

The long run is not quite over . . .

While the latest All-in-ones are very much a strong attractant on many levels, there are too many consumers in the home PC market that want to open their PC case and tinker with upgrades.
If the big name companies like HP, Acer, Lenovo, etc. make the mistake of ending production on desktops thinking their home consumers will just jump on the All-in-one bandwangon, think again. No more will that happen, than will the die hard PC clan adopt to the MAC world - we'll just spend our consumer dollars elsewhere on desktop systems like Micro Express, or on systems manufactured for the corporate environment.

So - I have to disagree, the Desktop PC is far from finished. Yes, the all-in-one's will definitely find a place in the market, but they will not replace home desktops any more than laptops did - which was also a prediction at one time . . .

Thanks - oaktre

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oaktre, on 11 February 2012 - 10:01 AM, said:

The long run is not quite over . . .

While the latest All-in-ones are very much a strong attractant on many levels, there are too many consumers in the home PC market that want to open their PC case and tinker with upgrades.
If the big name companies like HP, Acer, Lenovo, etc. make the mistake of ending production on desktops thinking their home consumers will just jump on the All-in-one bandwangon, think again. No more will that happen, than will the die hard PC clan adopt to the MAC world - we'll just spend our consumer dollars elsewhere on desktop systems like Micro Express, or on systems manufactured for the corporate environment.

So - I have to disagree, the Desktop PC is far from finished. Yes, the all-in-one's will definitely find a place in the market, but they will not replace home desktops any more than laptops did - which was also a prediction at one time . . .

Thanks - oaktre

oh.. o-kay? what's about it?

[orlbuckeye]

oaktre, on 11 February 2012 - 10:01 AM, said:

The long run is not quite over . . .

While the latest All-in-ones are very much a strong attractant on many levels, there are too many consumers in the home PC market that want to open their PC case and tinker with upgrades.
If the big name companies like HP, Acer, Lenovo, etc. make the mistake of ending production on desktops thinking their home consumers will just jump on the All-in-one bandwangon, think again. No more will that happen, than will the die hard PC clan adopt to the MAC world - we'll just spend our consumer dollars elsewhere on desktop systems like Micro Express, or on systems manufactured for the corporate environment.

So - I have to disagree, the Desktop PC is far from finished. Yes, the all-in-one's will definitely find a place in the market, but they will not replace home desktops any more than laptops did - which was also a prediction at one time . . .

Thanks - oaktre

There will always be a desktop market. But one thing about the HP, Acer, Lenova and Etc the (OEM'S) is that they really don't want you to modify because it affects warranties. That's why when a HP desktop is sold at the major retail outlets the retail outlet isn't allowed to alter the configuration. Now they will modify per a customer order after a sale. One advantage of the All In One is support the original device components are intack and makes the product easier to support.

I remember i had a Gateway desktop and the graphic card was a great card but all of a sudden it would only display a resolution of 640 x 480. I called Gateway and they asked the OS. I had upgraded with a retail version of Windows and they asked if I upgraded through Gateway. I said no and they told me to contact Microsoft. What I did was researched what graphics cards were used in my model and bought it myself and installed it myself. The new card acheived higer resolution then the old card brand new out of the box. I had to buy the card myself but ia was happy with the result.