Thursday, April 14, 2011

Gartner: Tablet Frenzy Cuts into PC Sales

No surprise here, I guess. People I know who have tablets really seem to love them. I would like to try one, but I am not about to shell out $800 for a well-configured model. This comes from Maximum PC.

"The sky isn't falling, the world isn't about to end, and PCs aren't dying. Why, then, is market research firm Gartner bugging out? Call it an overreaction or a temporary blip as tablets settle into the marketplace (or a little of both), but according to Gartner, worldwide PC shipments totaled 84.3 million units in the first quarter of 2011, a 1.1 percent slip from the same period one year ago. Doesn't sound like much, but Gartner says the shipment results are indicative of a potential sluggishness, not just a normal seasonal dip."

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