According to analyst firm IDC, PC shipments in 2013 declined for the year by 9.8%. According to the previous forecast, the annual decline in the supply expected at 10.1%, which could be considered an encouraging sign.
In the fourth quarter of 2013 in developed markets there was a surge in PC shipments, which explains the background to the modernization of systems folding support Windows XP. Unfortunately, this is a short-term factor, which quickly stops working. It also follows that the dynamics of the decrease in supply systems is generally spread to 2014 with an expected annual decline of 6.1%. After that, the PC market hangs on a small negative annual basis until 2018. For example, according to IDC, in 2015 the annual decline PC shipments will be at the level of 0.8%.
We note only that the annual volumes fall below 300 million systems. As the table shows, the emerging markets will be the fastest notebook sales decline, while in developed markets is more pronounced dynamics to reduce the supply of desktops. By 2018, however, the demand for laptop computers in emerging markets will increase and it will be the only bright spot in the next five years.
At the same time, analysts point out that the economic situation does not develop in the best way. In the past year have been canceled a number of major IT projects in India and Malaysia that froze investment in the public sector. Related Products :
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