{"id":3025,"date":"2011-09-14T19:08:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T18:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2011-10-07T17:11:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T16:11:12","slug":"post-pc-does-not-mean-no-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/09\/post-pc-does-not-mean-no-pc.htm","title":{"rendered":"Post PC does not mean &#8220;no PC&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of people in Anaheim this week getting excited about what post-PC means and about Steve Ballmer\u2019s proclaimation that nothing else on the planet will ship 350 million units this year. Even\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aidanfinn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Finn<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 who is a very smart guy \u2013 has got his head in a spin about it:<\/p>\n<p>[blackbirdpie url=&#8221;http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/joe_elway\/status\/114031667403948032&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Heck,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/zackwhittaker\">Zack Whittaker<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jperlow\">Jason Perlow<\/a>\u00a0are taking part in a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/debate\/the-great-debate-is-post-pc-era-bunk-or-legit\/6293524\">\u201cgreat debate\u201d on ZDNet<\/a>\u00a0to discuss post-PC (a cynical ploy to generate page views, some might say).<\/p>\n<p>But Post-PC doesn\u2019t mean \u201cno PC\u201d; and Apple\/Steve Jobs didn\u2019t coin the phrase \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2004\/12\/06\/post_pc_era\/\">Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems used it back in 2004, I\u00a0believe\u00a0&#8211; and he is reported as saying we\u2019d been in it since 2000<\/a>. 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