Desktop PCs: "productivity" no longer a priority?

[Thorin]

Well to actually do some of what was suggested, you still need external items.  High quality audio and video for movies?  You'll still need a decent TV.  High quality audio for more than one person to enjoy?  You'll still need a boombox with iPod / iPhone dock.  Creating an actual paper document?  You'll still need a printer.  Word processing?  Okay, this can be done with the built-in keyboard but I really wouldn't want to - I'll ignore the cramped UX for now, though.

Now look at that picture and consider the redundancy.  Take away the VHS player as the camera has playback controls.  Take away two of the three portable cassette players.  Take away the boombox on his shoulder, as that's just a giant portable cassette player (and an iPhone is nowhere close to a shoulderized boombox).  Take away the mini cassette recorder and add a mic to the portable cassette player.  Add a regular TV.

Now compare:
New tech has a TV, a boombox, a printer, an iPhone, and internet access.
Old tech has a camera, a TV, a boombox, a word processor, a portable cassette player with mic, a portable TV, a phone, a calculator, and some storage media.

Difference:
add internet access, remove camera, portable cassette player with mic, portable TV, calculator, storage media.

Not quite the same as "Everything in that picture can be replaced with my phone".  And that's all I was trying to say.  It's no different than when a car company says, "You can buy this car for $25,998" - in reality the cheapest you can buy it will probably be $29k.