GLORIOUS COMPUTERS TECHNOLOGIES
IDC pegged the PC downturn at 4% for
the quarter ending September 30, while rival Gartner said shipments shrank 6%
from the same period the year before.
Gartner blamed consumers for the
two-year slump, the longest decline in the industry's history. "According
to our 2016 personal technology survey, the majority of consumers own, and use,
at least three different types of devices in mature markets," said Gartner
analyst Mikako Kitagawa in a statement. "Among these devices, the PC is
not a high priority device for the majority of consumers, so they do not feel
the need to upgrade their PCs as often as they used to."
But it's worse than that, Kitagawa
added. "Some may never decide to upgrade to a PC again," she said.
The narrative from industry analysts
has gelled around a split between consumer and commercial. While both segments
have drawn out the time between hardware upgrades, businesses eventually will
replace PCs. In fact, any growth that will emerge will come from
companies upgrading assets as they abandon Windows 7 and adopt Windows 10… ………MORE
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