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ALLOWS PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY
ARE RUNNING BAREFOOT.
PERSONAL COMPUTER SALES TOOK A
DIVE IN THE THIRD QUARTER
..LEAVING COMPUTER COMPANIES
SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO ATTRACT
CONSUMERS.
22NEWS REPORTER JACKIE BROUSSEAU
IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM ..WITH A
LOOK AT WHAT SEEMS TO BE
REPLACING THE GOOD OLD DESKTOP.
RICH, PERSONAL COMPUTERS WERE
THE "IT" DEVICE WHEN THEY FIRST
CAME OUT, BUT JUST LIKE ANYTHING
ELSE...THEY'RE NOW SEEING A HUGE
HIT IN SALES AS CONSUMERS SEARCH
FOR SMALLER, FASTER, AND MORE
CONVENIENT WAYS TO CONNECT.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS
THAT PC SALES ARE DOWN NEARLY 8-
PERCENT IN THE THIRD
QUARTER...TYPICALLY A TIME WHEN
THEY INCREASE BECAUSE OF
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PURCHASES. IT'S
THE LARGEST DROP IN 11 YEARS.
TABLETS AND SMARTPHONES, ALONG
WITH A STRUGGLING ECONOMY ARE
BEING CITED AS SOME OF THE
FACTORS IN THE DECLINE. BUT,
THOSE WHO USE OTHER WAYS TO
CONNECT BESIDES A PC SAY IT'S
ALL ABOUT CONVENIENCE.
I'M ON IT ALL THE TIME, MOST OF
IT'S SCHOOL, EMAIL, IT'S SO
EASY TO ACCESS AND THEN
FACEBOOK, TEXTING.
YOU CAN DO AS MUCH WITH A TABLET
THAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE WITH A
DESKTOP COMPUTER TEN YEARS AGO
AND IT'S GOING TO KEEP MOVING
FORWARD. TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO
KEEP GETTING SMALLER. WE'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIT BETTER
EQUIP INTO SMALLER DEVICES.
ALTHOUGH THE AVERAGE CONSUMER IS
MOVING AWAY FROM PC'S,
BUSINESSES COULD HAVE MORE
DIFFICULTY, BECAUSE OF ALL THE
APPLICATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED TO
RUN A BUSINESS. BUT ONE LOCAL
COMPUTER INDUSTRY EXPERT SAYS
THESE APPLICATIONS WILL SOON BE
ON TABLETS AND
SMARTPHONES...IT'S ONLY A MATTER
OF TIME. YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM
HER STARTING AT 5 TONIGHT.