PC shipments fell 4.9% in Q4 despite the launch of Windows 8, reports Gartner.
Laptops fell 11% and desktops declined 6%.
PC shipments totalled 90.3m in Q4. EMEA sales fell 9.6% to 28m units. Asia-Pac sales fell 1.8% to 30m units. US sales were down 2.1% on Q4 2011 at 17.5m units.
Secondary PCs
Gartner says that it ‘increasingly suspects that most individuals will shift consumption activity to a personal tablet, and the end expectation is that buyers will not replace secondary PCs in the household.’
IDC recently reported that Q4 PC sales were 6.4% lower than Q4 2011.
Source:
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2013/01/15/55369/pc-sales-falling.htm
