The thing about declining PCs is ... misleading. Intel has always sold its chips with 10+ years life. As long as you replace some capacitors on the MB, a PC can last a long long time. The whole industry was just lucky they got obsoleted after 6 months. And around 2006 we got PCs that were good enough. So people are replacing less PCs or commissioning them for other roles.<p>The second blow on MS - they did it themselves. XP showed that an OS can last a decade and Office is stagnating since 1997. So what is the hurry in upgrading?<p>The PC is very healthy. It is just that it is not profitable. Until we have quarters of declining commissioned PC-s - then we will have to say it is in trouble.