PC shipments down just slightly in the third quarter, IDC says

Worldwide PC shipments fell slightly in the third quarter this year, but the drop wasn't as big as IDC had originally projected, with expanded offerings of inexpensive laptops and a saturation of tablets in some areas helping to improve the numbers, the tech industry research firm said Wednesday. Hardware makers shipped 78.5 million desktops and laptops during the third quarter, a 1.7 percent drop from a year ago, but a "sizable" improvement over IDC's earlier forecast of a 4.1 percent drop. Windows XP migrations, which had driven earlier PC sales have slowed, but an improved business climate in some parts of the world helped prop up the numbers, IDC said. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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