There was general agreement that the PC had become a commodity product, its makers mere box-shifters, and that growth prospects were mediocre.

• 个人电脑已经成为一种日用商品，其制造者仅仅只是廉价产品制造商，整个产业的前景也显得很平淡，对这样的观点存在这普遍的一致赞同。