I guess I failed to get the message on the demise of the desktop PC as we just purchased two HP 23” Touch Smart PCs in January. They replaced one 8 year old and one 6 year old Dell, both running XP.
It simply was time to replace those workhorses. For home use, we wanted large screens with a mouse and keyboard and a touch screen. We have found that Windows 8 is just fine. Plus, it is designed for touch screen use. Anyone purchasing a desktop or laptop today who does not purchase a unit with a touch screen is not being a smart shopper. Those of you who do not want to change with the times when it comes to technology will soon regret it. I am 70 years old. Yet I still realize that I cannot live in the past.
Just as “Big Iron” mainframes will never completely go away, neither will PCs.