33. Yes, the PC is dead. What’s next?

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/12/yes_the_pc_is_dead_whats_next/

In Andrew Leonard's article, "Yes, the PC is dead. What’s next?," he informs readers about the crisis in this generation where people are in constant disruption. Leonard starts his article by showing a personal experience where he noticed the humans' obsession for personal computers, or phones. Then, he continues by showing a research, which shows that personal computers, or, this time, old desktop computers, sale are getting into a crisis. Leonard, then, gets to the main point of his article, to show that this generation of people are used to a certain kind of disruption, or when an important trend loses its popularity from one week to another, or even from one day to another. Presently, this have been happening a lot, and Leonard explains this by showing a personal experience with his own daughter. People are now used to things that are momentarily interesting, but they also loses interest quickly. Leonard ends his article by showing the perspective of a science fiction author who have the same thoughts as him.

The author's purpose in writing this article is to show the readers about the habit of people in this generation. People are seeing to many technology evolve and, at the same time, seeing things starting to fail. They are getting used to this and the author uses this article to reveal this to the readers, who are mostly people who are interested in technology and people who are constantly using technology, which can be considered as most people. The author is very successful in using his examples to show his point and purpose. He uses both studies, which are credible sources, and personal experience, which helps the reader relate. These points make the article seem reliable and credible. His diction is mainly consisted of technological terms and the current generation's trends. Overall, Leonard does a good job to prove and reveal his purpose throughout the article.