PC experience a midlife crisis, but change is afoot-IT information

ZDNet recently published an article saying foreign media, has gone through 35 years of PC industry now advance to the "midlife crisis" facing strong impact of smartphones and tablets, but appreciate that, some changes have been quietly. Following is the site of the original:

PC market has recently been a strong impact: as consumers and businesses increasingly on Smartphones and tablet computers like, PC sales have been falling for two consecutive years (maybe next year will continue to decline).

Regarding the use of percentage of Internet traffic, using smart phones and Tablet proportion of PC with Internet access already overwhelming situation. PC manufacturers profits is very low. When in an interview with the Daily Telegraph last year, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook even declared that PC is about to come to an end.

Above all, let the PC industry and its companies doubt on prospects for PC.

The first IBM PC in August 1981 and officially released, dating back more than 35 years, PC age can also be seen as already 35 years old. Now earlier hit a "midlife crisis", but also for a reason.

With the advancement of technology, has been through many changes on the status of the PC. Unlike in the past, on a complex operation, it is no longer the only available and even appliances.

Smart phone or Tablet (perhaps in the future is a wearable device) can do the same operation, the people most of the time is spent on these more portable devices. But PC is not completely trivial, but only if it is willing to make a change.

Some PC manufacturers figured out this point, began to break through the original definition of PC, start to make it more flexible.

When you define the PC, people can only think this is a computing device with a big screen, most of the time you want to use with the keyboard. Today, this "screen-keyboard--chassis" collocation has become a thin screen of Microsoft Surface combined with a detachable keyboard, like Lenovo Yoga freely backward up to 360 °, supports a stylus and Surface like Microsoft Surface Studio Dial display, as thin as the Apple MacBook Air.

In terms of reforming the PC, Surface Studio is a good example. This price $3000 (about people.. MOP 20323) device is designed for architects and designers to create niche products. The move will change the PC as a high demand in the past but have no specific consumer stereotypes. Apple TouchBar is another modification of the PC try: it will become in the future remains an important part of testing on the PC, but it is still a good sign: the PC industry continues to restructure and reform itself.

After experiencing a period of glory, now PC dilemmas wouldn't come as a surprise, does the PC industry assessment, reorganization and rebuilding the PC again. The world is changing, PC also need to be followed to change, some PC manufacturers have come to realize that, too, within the next few years, maybe there will be more PC innovation appeared in front of the world.

PC遭遇中年危机，但改变已悄然发生 - IT资讯

外媒ZDNet近日发表文章称，已经走过35个年头的PC行业如今提前感受到了“中年危机”，面临着来自智能手机和平板电脑的强有力冲击，但欣喜的是，一些改变也已悄然出现。以下为网站原文：

PC市场近来遭到了强有力的冲击：随着消费者和企业对智能手机和平板电脑的日渐喜爱，PC销量已经连续两年下滑（也许明年还将继续下滑）。

而在使用互联网流量占比方面，利用智能手机和平板电脑上网的比例对比PC已经呈现压倒性的态势。PC厂商所获的利润也十分低。去年在接受《每日电讯报》采访时，苹果首席执行官蒂姆·库克甚至宣称PC业即将走到尽头。

上述种种，让PC行业及其厂商对PC的前景产生了怀疑。

第一台IBM PC于1981年8月正式对外发布，距今已有35个年头，而PC的年纪也可以看作已经35岁了。如今提前遭遇到了“中年危机”，但也是事出有因。

随着科技的进步，PC的地位也随之发生了许多变化。与以往不同，在进行复杂运算上，它不再是唯一可用甚至是常用的设备了。

在智能手机或平板电脑（将来也许是可穿戴设备）可以进行同样操作时，人们的大多数时间就都花在了这些更便携的设备上。但PC也不是完全无足轻重了，但前提是它愿意做出改变的话。

一些PC厂商在想通这点以后，开始突破原有的PC定义，开始让其变得更加灵活。

在定义PC时，人们通常只能想到这是一款带有大屏幕的运算处理设备，多数时候要搭配着键盘进行使用。如今，这一“屏幕——键盘——机箱”的固定搭配已经变成了Microsoft Surface那样的薄屏加上一个可拆卸键盘，像联想Yoga那样可自由向后翻转达360°，像微软Surface Studio那样支持手写笔及Surface Dial的大显示屏，像苹果MacBook Air做到那样轻薄。

在对PC进行改造方面，Surface Studio是个很好的例子。这款定价3000美元（约合人.民.币20323元）的设备，是专为建筑师和设计师而打造的小众化产品。这一举措将改变PC以往作为一种需求量大却毫无针对性的大众消费品的刻板印象。苹果的TouchBar则将是对PC的另一种改造尝试：它今后是否会成为PC上的一个重要组成部分还有待时间检验，但这仍是一个不错的迹象：PC业正不断对自身进行调整改造。

在经历了一段时间的辉煌之后，如今PC所面临的困境一点也不会让人感到奇怪，PC行业确实该重新对PC进行评估、整顿及重塑了。世界在变，PC也需要随之而做出改变，一些PC制造商也已经开始意识到了这一点，接下来的几年内，也许将有更多的PC创新出现在世人眼前。