Earlier this year, we reported about how PC sales were on a decline and the trend doesn’t look like it is going to change anytime soon. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the forecast for the remaining year isn’t positive and shipments are likely to fall by around 9.7 percent this year.
The drop in the forecast is due to the declining interest among people to buy a PC and instead opt for a tablet or smartphone. Emerging markets like India, which normally have pushed the shipments of PCs won’t be able to sustain the interest levels and will see a drop in the number of volumes shipped. A country like China has already revised its shipments forecast this year owing to stagnant inventories, and expects a double-digit decline compared to 2012.
Though this trend is set to continue through 2014, IDC expects a small rebound in the year after that. Analysts believe that there is a small chance of single-digit growth in 2015, but the overall belief is that PCs have passed their peak and might never regain the kind of volumes seen in 2011.
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