The PC industry is heading for collapse. Over the past few days I've talked a lot about how we're leaving behind the PC era and moving instead to a 'post-PC' era.
One consequence of a shift away from the traditional PC towards devices such as tablets and smartphones is that the people will need fewer PCs. And PC makers better be prepared, because the entire industry is heading for a collapse. Horace Dediu of Asymco and technical writer Jeremy Reimer have pulled together extensive historical data which covers the rise (and fall) of computing platforms since 1975, including the PC.