Jeff Atwood’s article, Welcome to the Post PC Era, shows how the age of the onesizefitsalldoeverythingPC era has come to an end because of its own success. Smaller devices are able to do much of what we once needed full desktops to accomplish.
When was the last time you saw a desktop or a home without a computer? 2001? 2005? We’re long since past the point where Microsoft’s original BHAG was met, and even exceeded. PCs are absolutely ubiquitous. When you wake up one day to discover that you’ve completely conquered the world … what comes next?
Apparently, the Post PC era.
The ubiquity of desktop computer was ultimately its undoing, since it left no room for future improvements and a door wide open for alternatives to enter the marketplace.