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The release of Windows 8, which will support processors with ARM-architecture is scheduled for next year. Now, Microsoft feel a declining interest in traditional computers running Windows 7 on the background of the growing popularity of tablets.
Experts believes that talking about the serious presence of x86-compatible processors and Windows 8 in the segment of tablet devices will be no earlier than 2013. This year, the tablets market based on ARM-processors will grow by 211% to 59.9 million units. In 2017, the amount of tablets sold could reach 330 million units.
Well-developed infrastructure and applications and services enable tablets based on ARM-processors to maintain a dominant position in the segment for many years. According to analysts In-Stat, tablets buyers increasingly oriented to the functionality of device and compatible applications, not the brand manufacturer.
By 2017, Windows 8 will win no more than 10% of the operating system for tablets. Android will hold about a third of the market, the rest will get iOS. According to forecasts of DisplaySearch, in 2017 the share of tablet-enabled mobile networks will increase from 10% to 25%. Related Products :
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