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[chipguy]

I think the PC market is suffering from self-inflicted injuries as much as
competition from other form factors. MS's disastrous Win8 launch and
odious Win10 force-fed spyware/malware has done/is doing untold and
probably permanent damage to the PC's position in the consumer space.

I have been wanting to buy a laptop for myself since mid year but the
unappetizing choice of Macbook/Win8 thin&light/Win7 clunky dated biz
laptop bought sight unseen on-line keeps me kicking the decision down
the road month after month. On the bright side, MS's decision to stop
Win7 sales at the end of next year will force my hand and drive me to
unneeded build to order desktop and overpriced biz laptop purchases
in 2H16. Then it is just of matter of finding AV software strong enough
to keep Win10 upgrades at bay. :-/