Mobile is the new PC and AArch64 is the new x64

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On Sunday, 16 September 2018 at 15:11:42 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>>> I say that almost 30% drop in PC sales over the last 7 years 
>>> is mostly due to the rise of mobile.
>>
>> I think a large part of it is that PCs got fast enough for 
>> most people about 7-10 years ago. So it was a combination of 
>> mobile, and people no longer needing to get newer faster 
>> machines. The upgrade cycle moved from "I need a newer faster 
>> computer" to "I'll wait till my current system is worn out". 
>> (For a lot of people anyway)
>
> Sure, that's part of it, but that suggests that once 
> smartphones reach that performance threshold, they will replace 
> PCs altogether. I think we've reached that threshold now.

I feel only looking at sales stats is irrelevant. I know people 
that have lost their phone and just bought a new phone. They get 
stolen a lot more easily. If your screen breaks you are better 
off buying a new phone as the cost of replacing the screen is 
going to be almost as much as a new one. Someone I know had to 
fight his boss to repair his phone cause he didn't want a brand 
new iPhone, he still has an Android device and they switched to 
Apple a while back. Note, it still costed more to buy the new 
phone than repair his old one.

Computers last much longer, I've had the one I have right now for 
8 years. It runs everything I need it to. Faster than a 
smartphone or tablet, or even most newer laptops still. There's 
no reason to buy a new one, not that I would buy a prebuilt one 
anyways. Which I'm pretty sure are what those sales represent. 
Can't really count a CPU sale as a "PC" sale as it might just be 
someone upgrading from their old PC.