Sorry, desktop PC's ain't going away. Sales volumes are steady. You need to walk inside a Micro Center. Their BYO business is the lion share of their sales. You may want to call New Egg asking why they still advertise BYO components since the market has dried up.
Here is a note why desktops(except for Mac desktops) are not going away.
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I really can't see myself using a laptop as my primary computer, as they are now. For a number of reasons:
The screens are too small, and they're *way down* next to the keyboard. I like having a big honking 22" desktop monitor.
The keyboards are horrible.
Touchpads suck compared to a mouse.
You can get much more bang for buck, in terms of CPU, memory, etc., with a desktop. And they're much easier to upgrade.
I hate the idea of my precious data (or even my non-precious data) being on a fragile laptop. And it isn't just that they can get dropped or stolen. They seem to die at a much higher rate than desktops, which never seem to die. I'm guessing its the concentrated heat and poor ventilation in those little cases.
At this point, my desktop PC has taken the place of TV and stereo (hey! thats an idea for an impending-obsolescence article!). I copied all my CDs on to the hard-drive as high quality files, because its much more compact, and its easier to find stuff that way (its nice to have humongous hard drives). I suppose I could get a TV tuner, but all my favorite shows are online anyway. Anyway, as a TV/stereo replacement, a laptop with a tiny screen and mediocre speakers just wouldn't be as attractive an option.
I do have a laptop for those occasions when I need to have something portable- for example to write or watch movies while traveling. Its an ancient Pentium III but it does the job. Personally though I like being away from a computer sometimes...
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