The market research and analysis company IDC has released fresh sales figures for the PC market. According to this, the deliveries of desktop computers and notebooks in the first quarter of 2013 fell by just under 14 percent to 76.3 million computers sold (previous year: 88.7 million). According to the analysts, Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 8 is contributory to the new design, which has deterred users and prevented them from buying new devices.
Such a decline had not been observed since 1994: the year in which survey surveys and market research were carried out for the first time. The market researchers claim that Microsoft has failed with Windows 8, the PC market. It was the declared goal of Redmonder to create an interface between computers and the ever-popular tablets and smartphones with the new generation of Windows.
At least the sales figures of Windows 8 for Microsoft are pleasing. But in terms of distribution, the latest generation of Windows operating systems looks rather sparse. According to NetApplications, Windows 8 currently has a spread of 3.17 percent for desktop and laptop computers. Windows 7, and even Windows XP, are far ahead. In the mobile market, Windows RT or Windows Phone running with user numbers run under remote. Android and iOS are still the stags and currently almost as uninhibited.
In the steadily growing mobile segment IDC competitor Gartner sees mainly the causes for the falling PC market. The typical user is increasingly shifting his digital daily life to tablets and smartphones as he turns on the PC or the laptop less frequently. Compared to IDC, Gartner estimates the PC downturn to slightly lower 11.2 percent: 79.2 million desktop PCs and notebooks sold for the first quarter of 2013.
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