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The PC industry's problems continue to worsen, research firm IDC said yesterday as it again lowered shipment forecasts for the year. And the personal computer business's problems are Microsoft's problems.
Companies buying new PCs to avoid the end of support for Windows XP helped the computer industry dodge an even gloomier quarter, IDC said.
Gartner today downgraded its estimate of Windows' 18-month future, saying that Microsoft's platform will take a hit this year, then rebound in 2014 at a more muted pace than it forecast two months ago.
While Windows 8 is getting blamed for dismal PC sales, upgrading laptops and desktop systems isn't a priority for business users, according to new research.
Walmart has begun selling the Chromebook in 2,800 of its approximately 4,600 U.S. stores, expanding the reach of this still-on-the-margins platform. Staples too.
Don't blame Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales, a retail analyst at NPD Group said today.
But Microsoft is likely to reap more revenue from the disappearance of XP than will system builders, as many customers will do in-place upgrades to Windows 7 on current hardware.
Microsoft's Windows 8 took another knock Wednesday as research firm IDC laid much of the blame for the first quarter's historically-horrible PC numbers at the feet of the beleaguered operating system.
Google on Thursday took the wraps off the Chromebook Pixel, a touch-screen-enabled laptop.
Just as Dell announced it had finalized its deal to go privatel, Hewlett-Packard came out swinging, criticizing its rival and declaring it's going after Dell's customers.
Intel's decision to leave the motherboard business is a smart move in a troubled market, according to analysts.
Gartner reports another bad quarter for global PC shipments, says we're in the midst of a 'structural shift' in the industry.
Global PC shipments dropped 6.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.
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