Here is an excerpt from the article...Technology Revolutions:
The late Steve Jobs often referred to the "post-PC" world. And whenever he  did that, our entire staff would get a bit nervous. After all, the name of this  site happens to be PCWorld, and Steve Jobs was often right when he  declared something toast (see: floppy disks, optical drives, FireWire,  brick-and-mortar music stores, phones with buttons, and netbooks). 
To test Jobs's "post-PC" proclamation, we decided to try a little experiment:  We compiled the past seven years' worth of our 100 Best Products of the  Year lists, pulled out the top 10 products selected each year, and set them  side by side for comparison. (To run the experiment yourself, check out the  "PCWorld 10 Best Products of the Year: 2005-2011" chart below.) 
As it turns out, Jobs had a point--up to a point. As long as people have  processor- and keyboard-intensive computing tasks to perform, good ol' laptops  and desktops aren't going anywhere. But after sifting through our yearly "Best  of" lists, we saw unmistakably that, as "personal computing" has become more  mainstream and more entertainment-oriented, the devices used for "personal  computing" have strayed farther and farther away from traditional PCs. 
The seismic shift from traditional PCs to other computing devices isn't the  only major change we've witnessed in the world of personal tech over the past  few years. Another key development is a dramatic change in the nature of  software, services, and peripheral hardware, brought on by the popularity of  smaller, less-powerful gadgets such as phones and tablets. As a result, your  overall computing experience today relies on fundamentally different devices and  technologies than it did even a few years ago. 
Consider 2005, which you no doubt remember as the year Everybody Loves  Raymond ended its run on CBS. In conventional terms, it doesn't seem that  long ago; yet if you look at some of the top 10 products on our list that year,  they seem quaint at best and archaic at worst.
 
 
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