That certainly sounds to me like Microsoft thinks the PC as a platform will be around for a long, long time.

I happen to agree with Jobs -- and now Dean's -- position. The PC as we know it is done. As our computing lives move onto the cloud, raw computing power is becoming less and less important. The intense computing is happening on the server side and not on your home computer.

This is indeed turning our computing world upside down. But in an ever-interconnected society, is it all that surprising?

What do you think, PCWorld readers? Is the PC era over? Are we moving into a whole new frontier in computing? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments, and I'll use them in a future story on the idea of the "post PC era."

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