The rumors of the PC’s death are greatly exaggerated

If I read another piece which praises IBM for exiting and calls HP dumb for staying with its PC business, I will scream. As CES showed this week, we are moving to the form/factor of thin and light Ultrabooks. With Intel’s scale and three phase processor rollout schedule and Microsoft’s marketing muscle around Windows 8, with touch screens and innovative use of Gorilla Glass (version 2 is 20% thinner) in lids and keyboards we are going to see an explosion of attractive models.

And let’s not forget, the growing affluence in China, India and elsewhere opens up many more first-time consumers who want portable and home based devices.