PC sales continue to plummet
The case of personal computers are getting worse and worse. The development of mobile gadgets, it greatly slows the PC market. The second quarter of this year marked almost a record drop in sales of computers worldwide were sold only about 61 of 100,000 units. This is 4.3% less than the same period in 2016. The drop in sales has continued for 11 consecutive quarters. According to analysts Gartner, as weak as in the first quarter of 2017, personal computers have not been sold since 2007, which previously was considered one of the most unprofitable for manufacturers PC.
Once leading in the U.S. and the world Lenovo has lost about 8.4% share of the global market (and 16.9% of the U.S. market), and Apple has lost about 9.6%. According to analysts, the problems of the first are too expensive components; that to Apple, their personal computers are in great demand not ever use, and because the overall demand for PC affected the company much stronger than the others.
The only company whose market share is not only not declined, but has managed to grow, is a HP. Compared with the second quarter of 2016, the company acquired 3.3 percent of the market, so again took the long lost leadership position among PC manufacturers. However, the overall bleak picture of the PC market it does not change.
As mentioned above, many analysts believe that the demand for personal computers due to their growing value. Some blame the decline in sales of PC laptops popular Chromebook, which last year when a 6% drop in demand for computers has managed to increase its share to 38%. Anyway, analysts predict a fast rise of the PC market associated with the growing demand for powerful gaming hardware.
Source: fudzilla.com
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