More people are buying handhelds and fewer are buying cumbersome PCs. I do believe, however, that a central hub to hold all of the information that these wireless devices will create is necessary. At the very least, one big backup machine for all your critical data will be necessary. The PC manufacturers are echoing Jobs' mantra that the digital lifestyle is starting, and they are well equipped to handle it. Fundamentally, they are simply companies that assemble computer boxes.
Nothing is truly their own.
Coupled with clunky Windows software, the digital lifestyle may not be one that you might enjoy. Part of the downturn in the PC market has been attributed to the fact that consumers are finally realizing that they don't need the fastest machine in the world to check their email. Hardware released by Apple or Dell will be perfectly capable of handling whatever is thrown at it. The relevance of chip performance will, I think, become less important as time goes on. Of course, this won't stop Jobs from running his Pentium bashing demonstrations anytime soon.