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PC Shipments In 2013 See the Worst Yearly Decline In History

Posted by Soulskill on from the what-will-it-stabilize-at? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The PC market continues to be in free fall, having now seen its seventh consecutive quarter of declining worldwide shipments. Worldwide PC shipments dropped to 82.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Gartner, a 6.9 percent decrease from the same period last year. It's worth emphasizing that this past quarter resulted in a total of 315.9 million units shipped in 2013, a 10 percent decline from 2012, and the worst decline in PC market history. The overall shipment level was equal to the one in 2009."

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  1. Window 8 by 0123456 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wasn't Window 8 released about seven quarters ago?

  2. Re:Current PCs are good enough. by roc97007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    > You've actually met someone who does like Window 8?

    I have. Well, wait, he says he does, but he works in Redmond (true story) so it may be a job requirement.

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    Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
  3. Re:Current PCs are good enough. by Charliemopps · · Score: 5, Funny

    I went on a trip to Africa a few years back and by shear chance ended up traveling with a Microsoft Salesman. God was that a fun trip... I generally like giving people shit but this was special... ...and when he pulled out his windows phone, and it wouldn't connect... then it crashed... He had to borrow my Android... I just stood there grinning ear to ear every time he had to call home.