{"id":778,"date":"2007-11-25T19:35:46","date_gmt":"2007-11-26T02:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2007\/11\/25\/newsletter-417-preview-is-this-really-the-end-of-the-pc-era\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T17:00:14","slug":"newsletter-417-preview-is-this-really-the-end-of-the-pc-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2007\/11\/newsletter-417-preview-is-this-really-the-end-of-the-pc-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #417 Preview: Is This Really the End of the PC Era?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I often think that some tech pundits have nothing better to do than create fake issues for headlines and hit counts. 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