It’s hard to argue with that last one.
In the U.S., computer purchases account for about 17 percent of all personal and business spending.
The average American spends $2,769 per year on their computer and $4,958 per year for software, according to research from IHS Technology.
In contrast, spending on TVs, cell phones and other digital devices accounts for just 1.9 percent of total spending.
But spending on hardware and software is also booming.
According to IHS, sales of computer systems, peripherals and other computer products rose 7.6 percent in the first quarter of 2017.
That’s the biggest increase in a year.
And while the number of people using a computer for their daily work has increased, so has the percentage of consumers who say they use their computers for that purpose.
IHS also notes that overall spending on technology has grown by almost 30 percent over the past year.
That means that, in the last year alone, the number that used a smartphone for daily work rose by 27 percent, according a new report by the Pew Research Center.
That’s a lot of smartphone users in one year.
I’d say we’ve crossed a tipping point.
The IHS study found that in the U
