IDC Analyst released new data on possible trends in the PC market until 2019. Firstly, the company lowered the forecast for 2015. Second, the 2019 curve falling PC sales will become flatter. In other words, the reduction of the market will cease to be conditionally rapid.
Change indicators forced market analysis in the second half of 2014. According to the results for this period it turned out that the markets of developed countries increased their sales of computers, whereas in developing countries, the trend has been strictly opposite. Regional conflicts, the slowdown of the economy, strengthening of the dollar - all of this had a negative impact on the rate of PC sales in the countries of Southeast Asia, China and Africa.
Also, manufacturers have increased the volume of systems with Windows 8.1 in conjunction with Bing. Microsoft partially compensate producers the cost of PC shipments with Windows 8.1 + Bing.
Previous IDC forecast for 2015 was that the PC market will shrink by 3.3%. In the light of new circumstances, it appears that the reduction of the market could reach 4.9%. Total in 2015 can be sold 293.1 million. Systems. Given the stabilization in the coming years, in 2019 the PC market will only fall to 291.4 million. In 2014, the PC market was worth $ 201 billion. In 2019 the cost of the PC market will drop to $ 175 billion. The expected dynamics of the markets and grade can be estimated from the table above. Related Products :
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