IBM's PC performance has been lackluster of late. Now it's trying to regain stature by becoming a driving force in information appliances. One small problem. It is merely cloaking a PC in new clothes and calling it an information appliance. Let's look at IBM's new strategy and see how it meshes with the ultimate in anyplace, anytime information appliances.
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IBM is heading in the right direction. Compact designs and fast, easy Internet connectivity are critical components of the post-PC era. Someday they will be. When that day comes, PCs will rapidly become obsolete. If IBM is the first company to get it right, to create a true Information Appliance, it will indeed be responsible for killing the PC it helped to make happen.