{"id":183,"date":"2017-02-03T03:32:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T03:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2017-02-10T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T14:40:12","slug":"are-pcs-cutting-into-apples-domination-of-the-high-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"Are PCs cutting into Apple&#8217;s domination of the high end?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It sure looks like it &#8211; Apple&#8217;s Macbook sales are weaker than they have been in ages, and unlike in years past, their PC rivals are producing excellent machines at cheaper prices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/2\/1\/14451056\/mac-vs-pc-high-end-market-sales-figures\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sure looks like it &#8211; Apple&#8217;s Macbook sales are weaker than they have been in ages, and unlike in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[22,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lenovo-yoga-book-7418.0.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lA9R-2X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":210,"url":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=210","url_meta":{"origin":183,"position":0},"title":"Attacked From Both Sides","date":"March 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It's well understood at this point that tablet sales are shrinking, and at a grand scale, the reasons why - tablets aren't cheap enough or performant enough to fit into the ever shrinking gap between 13\" and under 2-1 PCs, and the 6\" and growing smartphone market. 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