AUTHOR WONDERS IF ALL THIS TOUTING OF THE DEATH OF THE PC IS ALL HYPE AND NOTHING MORE:
He says:
Don’t sound the alarm with only half of the story
Well, duh! Isn’t that Microsoft‘s intent – to shift PC sales to tablets? Could it be that Microsoft’s strategy is beginning to work, and we’re seeing Windows 8 & Windows RT tablets starting to take hold? We know that enterprise interest in proactively adopting Windows 8 is muted, but our Q3 2012 Workforce Employee Survey data is remarkably promising for Windows 8’s prospects for BYOD in the enterprise, with a full 20% of information workers reporting that they want Windows 8 on their next tablet, vs. 26% for iOS. Not bad considering that Windows 8 wasn’t quite shipping yet when we fielded the survey.
I work in IT and I have never even seen one outside of the showroom.
I don't think people are "buying it".