The PC industry is on a serious decline with the lowest Q1 sales since 1994 when the tracking of the market first started. With 76.3 million PCs shipped in the first quarter of 2013 and a 14% decline from the Q1 a year ago, a market research firm IDC calls it the worst quarter they’ve seen in the last two decades.
According to Gartner, Traditional PC Market Predicted to Decline 7.6 Percent. Worldwide PC, Tablet and Mobile Phone Combined Shipments to Reach 2.4 Billion Units in 2013
Ultrabooks Had Little Impact on Overall Shipments in the Quarter
Gartner’s Special Report “iPad and Beyond: What the Future of Computing Holds,” examines how the iPad has impacted the hardware industry, and how media tablets are changing what users will expect out of their computing devices. According to Gartner, multitouch on the iPad and other media tablets has liberated users from the hardware keyboard and [...]
