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PC industry posts steepest quarterly sales decline in history

PC industry posts steepest quarterly sales decline in history
  • Posted April 10, 2013, 11:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News Breaking News
  • Sales of personal computers plummeted 14 percent in the first quarter of 2013 – the worst drop in nearly 20 years according to a new report from International Data Corp. The findings are a bit breathtaking as even the firm…

Global PC sales fell in Q4 2012 despite Windows 8, holiday deals

Global PC sales fell in Q4 2012 despite Windows 8, holiday deals
  • Posted January 11, 2013, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • A quarterly report from industry analyst IDC indicates that PC shipments have been unusually soft. According to the group, PC sales dipped 6.4 percent in Q4 2012 when compared to the same period last year. Additionally, Q4 led to a 4.5…

PC shipments fall for first time since 2001

PC shipments fall for first time since 2001
  • Posted October 10, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • We've been hearing about a supposed post-PC era for some time now while tech pundits have continued to bandy about once unfathomable ideas like the death of PCs. And although PC manufacturers have struggled, the real-world results of hundreds of…

PC industry grows about 2%, beats Gartner, IDC expectations

PC industry grows about 2%, beats Gartner, IDC expectations
  • Posted April 13, 2012, 10:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Following a 6% decline during the holidays, the PC industry snapped back to growth in the first quarter of 2012 according to Gartner and IDC. The former outfit pegged worldwide shipments at 89 million units for a 1.9% increase year-over-year, while the latter reported a 2.3% bump...

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