Theodore Chasseriau paintings

Theodore Chasseriau paintings
Ted Seth Jacobs paintings
But for PC makers, there's no guarantee of that — or that sales will improve next year, even with a stronger economy and more consumer spending. So what will take to get people to pay for new PCs in the near future?"The challenge for the industry is to find new applications that will cause people to buy PCs," says Smulders. In the short term, some think the release of Microsoft's new Windows XP operating system, which has a variety of new multimedia features, could spur PC sales forward. "It has promotion behind it, and it's building a reputation as having a lot of things you can do," says Baker. But Smulders disagrees, saying he expects XP to have only a "limited effect" on PC sales. The ReplacementsIn the longer run, the saturated market, combined with a lack of new software and novel applications has contributed to the current PC malaise.