The 5 biggest mistakes the PC industry made in 2013 | Digital Trends

The 5 biggest mistakes the PC industry made in 2013 | Digital Trends

The PC’s life-or-death struggle against tablets and smartphones has continued in 2013, unabated by a new version of Windows and perhaps made worse by the release of several attractive new Android tablets and Apple’s new iPad Air. Companies that make hardware and software are surely looking at their bottom lines worryingly, while start-ups are searching for a way to re-imagine the PC experience, and in turn, become its savior in the process.

 

All five of these blunders point to the fact that 2013 hasn’t exactly been a turn-around year for PCs. Consumers still aren’t sure why they would pick a PC over a mobile device.

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