Entries by William Finn

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Did smartphones & tablets kill the PC? Part I: It’s an iPad world, but not Windows 8’s

As the chart from International Data Corp (IDC) demonstrates, the first quarter of 2013 reported a 14% drop in PC shipments, falling below 80 million units for the first time since 2009. This is the worst quarterly report since IDC began tracking PC shipments in 1994.