IHS report , tells the story about the failures of laptop manufacturers in the second quarter this year. As it turns out, the second quarter for the past ten years has always demonstrated an increase in notebook sales compared with the first quarter - by between 0.5% to 6.5%.
The last time this trend was broken in 2002 when the notebook market in the second quarter dropped by 3.7% . This year, sales of laptops, too, went down after the first quarter, down 6.9%. Moreover, in the first half was sold 11.2% less laptops, compared to the same period last year. IHS experts blame the increase in popularity of tablets, especially low-cost models. Note that in the first half of 2010, sales of laptops rose by 41.7%, so that the negative trend was not always the case.
According to IHS experts , the appearance on the market of expensive ultrabooks on the total sales affects statistics poorly. To save the notebook segment may only appearance of products able to compete with low-cost tablets. It can be, in particular, simple and efficient notebooks based on Intel Atom processor-generation Bay Trail, which will begin to appear in the autumn, as well as solutions based on hybrid processors AMD Temash. Recall that Intel promises with the assistance of partners to market a mobile device with a touch screen for $ 200, which will be based on the Bay Trail and get the operating system Google Android.
We should not also forget about ultrabooks and all kinds of Transformers, but they will have to fall in price in order to gain popularity. However, as stated in the reports , manufacturers of laptops and accessories for the PC lately are increasingly looking to release tablets.