I don't remember the exact state of things, but I'm sure that no PC could handle more than 3GB of RAM, maybe it was only 2GB. If you're a developer and you need to install a cluster of hosts as VM images, it wasn't possible 10 years ago. Even a spreadsheet can be very memory-hungry, depending on what you're doing. I think your point is that the average user doesn't demand a whole lot more now than 10 years ago, but there are all kinds of people other than gamers who need modern high capacity PCs. For a majority of people it makes sense to use a tablet for browsing and media, and a PC for stuff like word processing and spreadsheats. Tremolo: A PC can't do a whole hell of a lot more than they could 10 years ago unless you're a gamer, and in that case you should build your own. If "end of the PC" means the end of the big gray box, well, that may be true. Processors will continue to get smaller and more powerful, RAM density will increase, and before you know it, there will be a "tablet"-or is it a laptop?-with four cores, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage, and it looks like a tablet, but if you connect a monitor and keyboard, it acts like a laptop.
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