IBM Declares the End of the PC Era

11.08.2011
Are we living in a "" world? Steve Jobs thinks so, and as a "post-PC" device. Now an IBM executive has added fuel to the fire--its Chief Technology Officer for the Middle East and Africa region, Mark Dean, says the company did the right think in getting out of the PC business.

August 12th marks the 30th anniversary of the , which was widely considered to be the beginning of the PC era. IBM, for years, lead the way in ensuring a PC in every home, a campaign which in turn spurred an industry that now sells hundreds of millions of units each year.

Jobs and Dean: Strange Bedfellows

Considering that Dean was on the team that helped shape IBM's PC business, his commentary is stunning. He lauds the company for .

"While many in the tech industry questioned IBM's decision to exit the business at the time, it's now clear that our company was in the vanguard of the post-PC era," Dean Wednesday.

Whoa, did he really just say that? Yes he did, and he goes on to say that he himself has moved beyond the PC. Without disclosing which brand he's using, Dean admits his primary computing device is now a tablet.