Investopedia: Is The PC Back From The Dead?

Horror movies have a lot to teach us. That noise is never "just the cat," it's a bad idea to go into the woods at night wearing only underwear, and tape recordings of demonic incantations tend to spoil a weekend in the woods. But perhaps most important is this lesson - nothing is ever truly dead so long as someone can figure out how to make money from it. 

To that end, perhaps the death of the PC has been exaggerated. With encouraging results from Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and stronger than expected guidance from Hutchinson Technology (Nasdaq:HTCH) - a manufacturer of suspension assemblies for hard-disk drives - it seems like their may be life yet in the market for desktops and laptops.

Best Buy's Earnings - Maybe Not So Good for PCs  
Best Buy certainly had a good quarter, and the market responded accordingly. Whether it was great news for the PC market, though, is not so clear. There is no question that sales growth from computing and mobile phones was the leader for the company, but the problem lies in the details. Mobile phones from HTC, Motorola (NYSE:MMI) and the like continue to be hot sellers, as do tablets from Samsung, Research In Motion (Nasdaq:RIMM) and so on. Unfortunately, then, while Best Buy management's indicated that notebook sales had improved, they aren't necessarily strong. 


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