It is often noted that the stagnation in the tablet market opens up certain possibilities for the notebook market, which after a few quarters of decline began to show signs of growth. Specialists TrendForce, as reports DigiTimes, share this view. By the end of this year will be sold around 153 million. The market of laptops preparing to show an increase of 1% to 171 million. Copies.
Experts recognize that the tablet market falls into a protracted price war . This war can not be won, because it will draw participants from too many resources to maintain their interest in further tablets release. But the notebook market is experiencing a revival. Microsoft one hand is ready to provide the operating system notebook manufacturers for free. On the other hand, the termination of the Windows XP support spurs demand for new laptops. However, the management of HP believes that this effect is its influence on the market is almost exhausted.
By the way, becoming cheaper laptops almost destroyed netbooks that have suffered from the tablets. In the second half of the year, according to analysts TrendForce, laptop market could grow by 4-7%.