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Does the Used IT Market Have a Future?

Tech Soup

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining. This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011.

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Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?

Tech Soup

By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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How to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Nonprofit BYOD Workplace

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In a perfect world, your nonprofit would have the resources to equip every worker and volunteer with a secure laptop. In May, Gartner predicted that by 2017, half of employers will stop giving employees company devices altogether. The trend has a name: BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device. That’s not a bad thing.

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