TechCrunch fasst Aussagen der Analysten von Gartner zusammen:
… WeiterlesenThe analysts say that PC shipments are on track to grow by just 4.4 percent in 2012 — to 368 million units, as consumers continue to prioritize purchases of new tablets, and smartphones, ahead of buying new laptop or desktop computers. But at least this is a slight improvement on 2011, when Gartner said that shipments were essentially flat on 2010.
[..]
“It’s not that consumers aren’t using PCs. They are,” Gartner analyst Ranjit Atwal told TechCrunch. “It’s just that they’re using their current models and not replacing them anymore with new PCs.”
[..]
Gartner notes that the fact that you can do all the basics now on a device like a tablet — email, social networking and Internet access, not to mention all those apps — makes it even less of a priority to make sure that your PC is the newest and fastest of its kind.