The PC market continues to die

Despite the fact that the personal computers industry is now experiencing considerable changes (the new Windows 8 has recently been released, computers with sensory screens are made in fashion), consumers are in no hurry to update their old cars and spend money on new items. It seems that the situation in the PC market is now even worse than it was a year ago, when, as experts stated, computers were poorly sold due to the lack of a new OS.

Now there are a new Windows, but according to the results of the first quarter of 2013, world sales of the PC fell by 13.9%, the IDC analytical company says . The rate of decline was twice as large than predicted by analysts the day before. Moreover, this is the worst state of the market over the 20 years during which the IDC measures it.

Gartner, another major research company, notes that, according to its estimates, the market in early 2013 fell in comparison with the same period in 2012 by 11.2%. The affairs in the industry are the fourth quarter in a row in this way.

Obviously, all problems from the fact that users are increasingly buying smartphones and tablets. Of course, they do not pull the perfect replacement of the PC, but many consumers do not need a full computer. If earlier in order to sit in social networks and watch films, people bought a PC, now the majority have enough tablet.