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PC v Tablet - Holiday Edition

Tablets versus PCs

 

The technology war has been raging since the introduction of the first Apple iPad (which only occurred in 2009, believe it or not) and has seen the PC market decimated by the rise of tablet devices. Chip makers such as AMD and Intel have struggled to re-position themselves in this new paradigm, titans such as Microsoft have struggled mightily to compete in this new environment, and one of the largest PC makers, Dell, took itself private to restructure itself in order to compete more effectively.

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That's all nice, but what are people buying for the holidays?

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The tablets leading the way this holiday season are the usual suspects - the iPad, Nexus and Amazon Fire iterations all led the tablet sales that helped contribute to record-breaking sales figures on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday for IT goods. This is occurring as the PC market shrunk by 10% in 2013, i.e., PC makers sold 10% fewer computers than they did in 2012. International Data Corporation, the same firm that initially forecasted this 10% decline in 2013, forecasts a 3.8% decline in 2013.

 

Surprisingly, one of the potential bright spots for the PC market might include machines such as the Surface 2, which is Microsoft's flagship tablet. By equipping the tablet with an easy-to-attach keyboard, and the fact that Office is fully compatible on this device, IDC forecasts sales of these items to grow from 7.5 million (2013) to 39.3 million (2017).

 

An interesting story indeed.

 

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