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so people have always been fascinated by death who shot Tupac what really happened to Amelia Earhardt is Elvis still alive somewhere in Mississippi but in the tech world it seems to be whether the desktop PC is dead as a platform that we can't seem to stop talking about with myriad digital column inches dedicated to the topic you see about 15 years ago it seems like the desktop computer was an absolute necessity for most technological interaction that didn't involve living room experiences like console gaming or watching television viewing simple websites was with few exceptions something you did sitting at a desk even laptops of the era were clunky underpowered and far more common in business settings than they were at home of course these days thanks to fast processors that are much less power-hungry smaller portable devices have been able to step in and fill roles that were once almost exclusively the domain of desktops and because so much of our computing these days is aided by cloud processing and cloud storage having a desktop PC to install applications and store your stuff has become less and less important I mean think about how Wikipedia has become the go-to font of knowledge instead of Encarta on compact discs or how Facebook probably stores far more of your precious photos than your hard drive does so because a decent smartphone tablet or a laptop can bring up webpages and social media just as capably as a desktop and because a staggering number of people only use their computers as internet machines anyway people started to trade in their bulky desktop PCs a few years back and desktop sales have been declining ever since in fact after desktops hit their peak in worldwide shipments in 2010 about a hundred 57mm in units that number dropped precipitously to only two-thirds of that by the end of last year so given this decline is there really reason to believe that we're going to be computing exclusively on portable devices in the near future to answer let's take a deeper look at those numbers although the figures might sound a little alarming if you're a PC enthusiast concerned about how much longer your hobby will be around it's important to know that much of the slump in sales has been at the lower end of the market you're relatively cheap machines from companies like Dell and Gateway that non enthusiasts were mostly using for basic tasks and given that modern laptops and smartphones do these things quite well the lackluster sales of Cheaper off-the-shelf pcs makes sense businesses have been migrating to laptops as well in addition to keeping their PCs around for longer before replacing them due to a lack of game changing new features that would justify a more rapid upgrade cycle I mean do you really think the average receptionist would be able to tell much of a difference between a Sandy Bridge CPU from 2011 and a current gen KD Lake processor does his or her calendar benefit from USB 3.1 so where does that leave enthusiast computing and PC gaming well if this is your thing you'll be pleased to know that the market for gaming desktops and components is still quite strong and is expected to continue to grow into the future in fact the total gaming hardware market hit the 60 billion dollar mark in 2016 and is expected to grow by 6 percent annually through 2019 not bad considering how poorly the low-end is doing but why is gaming hardware so different well a big part of it is that unlike the general can sumer market people who are serious about PC gaming often won't settle for good enough considering how quickly demanding new games are released according to Intel PC gamers upgrade about every other year which is significantly more often than the general public and the rise of digital distribution platforms such as Steam and the plethora of custom options like multi monitor the ability to use almost any controller you want and enough RGB to choke a horse not to mention the immersion of VR has helped to make the gaming PC seen a compelling one and although game downloads and VR headsets are also available on console systems like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox one they still can't come close to the levels of performance that are available on the PC so what's our conclusion then while the general feeling around the desktop PC market is doom and gloom it seems the real story is that the PC is simply becoming more of a product for gamers high-end professionals and enthusiasts who are less price sensitive than normies and I know that those folks aren't going away anytime soon but whether you self-identify as normy or enthusiasts cuddle bear VPN is an awesome solution for you Tunnel bear takes all the nonsense out of using a VPN service to browse the internet anonymously as though you were from an entirely different country you can choose from up to 20 different ones they've got apps for iOS Android PC and Mac they also have a Chrome extension and it is super easy to use just head over to the link 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