PC shipments to fall for first time in 11 years – forecast

In this current day and age, PC’s are no longer the main focus of lots of people in the market. Having a PC was something lots of consumers targeted, now PC’s are simply a thing of the past. This is just another example how Macs are controlling the industry and how they are now the leaders of the market. “Shipments of personal computers are on pace to fall this year for the first time since the dot-com bust of 2001, according to a new forecast from IHS iSuppli.” This is a stunning realization of where things have gone for a device such as the PC. The PC market has gone somewhere that it has never been before and it really reflects on the uphill battle these companies have in order the break back into the market.

Intel’s Utrabook was a product that was believed to help the struggling PC market. That did not end up working out so the PC industry remains far behind the market for Macs or tablets. The dramatic fall in sales in 2012 can be contributed to multiple things, mostly the result of other superior products grabbing the attention of possible consumers and resulting in a smaller market. “In the third quarter, PC shipments fell by more than 8%, according to Gartner, after the typical back-to-school PC sales boom went bust. Third-quarter shipments are typically boosted by college students buying laptops, but the past three months' PC shipments were so pitiful, they were even down from the second quarter.” This stats are truly shocking, mostly because PC’s still grab the attention of consumers that are anti-Apple or other technology. “PC shipments were essentially flat in 2011, rising just 0.5% globally, according to Gartner. At the beginning of the year, Gartner said it expected shipments to grow by 4.4% in 2012. Instead, worldwide shipments of PCs fell by 0.1% in the second quarter, according to separate surveys by Gartner and IDC. In the first quarter, they rose by about 2%.” Again these stats really show the issues PC’s are having, if the forecasters continue to view declining sales, than PC’s might have to be pulled from the market completely.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/10/technology/pc-shipments-decline/index.html