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14-01-2016, 02:50 PM
(14-01-2016, 11:00 AM)corydorus Wrote:(14-01-2016, 10:22 AM)CityFarmer Wrote: Latest update on the PC shipment...
Global PC shipments hit seven-year low: Analysts
SAN FRANCISCO — Worldwide personal computer (PC) shipments dropped 8.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015, ending the year at fewer than 300 million units for the first time since 2008, said researcher Gartner.
PC manufacturers shipped 75.7 million machines in the fourth quarter compared with about 82.6 million a year earlier, Gartner said yesterday.
All told, manufacturers shipped a total of 288.7 million PCs last year, down 8 per cent from 2014, said Gartner. Analysts at International Data Corporation, using different methodology, put the total for the year at 276 million and the decline at 10.4 per cent.
Shipments have declined every year since a peak of more than 360 million in 2011, as more consumers turn to smartphones and tablets when they want to post on Twitter or send an email. Gartner forecasts a fall of 1 per cent in 2016, with the potential of a soft recovery later in the year.
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http://www.todayonline.com/tech/global-p...w-analysts
The main issue is Microsoft gives free Win 10 upgrades which in customer perspective is right as is just a combine of Win 7 and Win 8. This basically means no reason for hardware upgrade. And PC purchased last year or two is so fast, why would we need a faster PC to run word and excel or internet ?
The introduction of SSD hard drive means speed is not only increased but the PC performance able to maintain reasonable high after few years of use. The Disk Drive type of HDD will have bad sectors, fragmentation etc which pigeon hole their relevance to mainly in my backup.
What this all mean is PC is still needed, maybe just in different form or fit in worst case scenario.
I concur.
The demand of PC, is mainly from corporate customers, and on server grade. It means for back-end application.
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