PC sales suffered their steepest quarterly drop in 20 years, plunging 14% in the first quarter of 2013 versus the same period a year ago, according to IDC, and Microsoft’s Windows 8 is being blamed by many analysts for the slump. Meanwhile, today Microsoft announced it would bring back its Start button in Windows 8.1, in an effort to placate critics of the Windows 8 interface. What is going on? Are we witnessing the death of the PC? Should financial advisors upgrade to Windows 8?
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