MICROSOFT HASTENS DEMISE OF PC ERA AND DRAGS DOWN INTEL WITH WINDOWS 8 $MSFT $AAPL $HPQ $WDC $STX $XLK $EMC
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Consumers have voted with their wallets and now it is official that Windows 8 is a flop. The new data from IDC show the steepest decline for PCs in one quarter. Only 76.3 million PCs were shipped in the first quarter of 2013. This number is down 13.9% from the same quarter in 2012. The expectations were for a decline of 7.7%.
In the past, Asia was always the bright spot in PC sales but not anymore.
PC sales have been declining for a while but the biggest culprit here is Windows 8. … Please click here or the title below to read more.
April 11, 2013
