{"id":51,"date":"2013-01-03T21:19:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T05:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:56:23","slug":"is-the-desktop-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/miscellaneous\/is-the-desktop-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Desktop Dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On my annual New Year&#8217;s Day trek to the Mecca for geeks (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160330055254\/http:\/\/frys.com\/ac\/storeinfo\/san_jose-location-frys-electronics-hours-maps-directions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fry&#8217;s Electronics<\/a>), I noticed that their once busy desktop section was completely deserted:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/frys-desktop-area.jpg\" width=\"570\" alt=\"Fry's Electronics - Desktop Area\" title=\"Fry's Electronics - Desktop Area\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A few feet away, the laptops, ultrabooks and tablets were the focus of all the love:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/frys-laptops-tablets-area.jpg\" width=\"570\" alt=\"Fry's Electronics - Portables Area\" title=\"Fry's Electronics - Portables Area\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Perhaps the desktop PC isn&#8217;t dead, but excitement in it certainly is&#8230;<\/p>\n<!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-wrapper\"><!-- filter-class --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-container\"><style>.relpost-block-single-image, .relpost-post-image { margin-bottom: 10px; 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