New numbers tell a dark story for PC manufacturers, except perhaps Apple. New Gartner stats are unequivocal: worldwide sales are down 8.3%.
Source: Gartner
Apple is the only brand bucking the tide, with growth of 2.8% and market share of 6.7% at this point.
The economic downdraft is likely having a large impact, and even Microsoft’s Windows 10 might not be able to counter that trend.
The elephant in the room is tablets: are they now at the point where they can replace PCs, even for the most hardbitten PC users? I know that I am not ready to make the shift, although I do travel with an iPad, and use it frequently. I’ll have to take another look at the new iPad Pro and the Surface Pro 4, because that’s where we are all heading.