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China inches ahead of US in PC sales for the first time
We may be living in a “post PC” world according to some, but PCs are unquestionably still big business, and they’re now a bigger business in China than anywhere else. That’s according to the latest report from market research firm IDC, at least, which found that both PC sales and shipments in China inched ahead of those in the US for the second quarter
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This is perhaps the bellwether of the Fall of the West. The Internet is the crowning achievement of western technology — the largest, most expensive, and most significant innovation of all time — but now China is growing its own branch of the web as fast as the US. A turning point.

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emergentfutures:

China inches ahead of US in PC sales for the first time

We may be living in a “post PC” world according to some, but PCs are unquestionably still big business, and they’re now a bigger business in China than anywhere else. That’s according to the latest report from market research firm IDC, at least, which found that both PC sales and shipments in China inched ahead of those in the US for the second quarter

Full Story: EndGadget

This is perhaps the bellwether of the Fall of the West. The Internet is the crowning achievement of western technology — the largest, most expensive, and most significant innovation of all time — but now China is growing its own branch of the web as fast as the US. A turning point.

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