News: PC death greatly exaggerated To really understand the nature of computers, observe the Mac users out there who drool over ownership of the fabulous-looking G3 and G4 machines. Mac users love having a hot-looking machine to show off.
And have any of the post-PC people paid any attention to the sociology of the physical machine itself? It's a big box that people want. Not too big, but big enough to see. Since the invention of the Altair in 1975, the relative size of the machine has stayed within a certain range.