A report from IDC {link no longer active} indicates that the PC market has seen a bit of a drop-off, but it isn’t as bad as it was originally foreseen.
The drop in sales was an estimated 7.6 percent in the third quarter, beating the expected 9.5 percent decline.
The United States part of that market didn’t have too much of a drop-off, suffering only a minor 0.2 percent compared to the year before. However, with the rising device volume for the three largest OEMs, it still didn’t seem like the market was as thriving as some were expecting. ASUS and Acer seemed to lose the most when it came to unit volume, with just more than one-third of volume compared to how they were doing the year before.
The total figure count for the season was 82 million, which was down six million from the year before. Though it continues to be a strong market, these drops may be of concern for particular companies. Business sales of PCs held up, but consumers are not buying them in the same numbers as last year. “Consumer sentiment remained lukewarm at best, as evidenced by the continued struggles of Acer and ASUS,” said IDC.
Source: TechCrunch
