Shipments of personal computers continue to fall during the first quarter of 2016

Global shipments of personal computers fell during the first quarter of this year, according to the latest reports from market research firms, "Gartner," Gartner and "IDC" IDC.Based on preliminary information, tablet computers shipments fell during the first three months of 2016 by 9.6%, according to Gartner, and by 11.5%, according to IDC counterparts.Gartner said that the fourth quarter is the sixth consecutive year of decline for shipments of personal computer hardware, the first time since 2007, when shipments fell below 65 million units.Shipments of personal computers continue to fall during the first quarter of 2016

In the past few years, personal computing market fell with a preference for more consumers for smart phones and personal computers over traditional desktop PCs and notebook PCs.At the same time, users of personal renew their computers too much, which means that the PC has become the longest life cycle anymore. Moreover, the launch of Microsoft's Windows operating system 10 last summer - a main driver of this market - did not help much

.And he threw Gartner blamed for global slowdown in inventory accumulation of holiday season sales in the fourth quarter of last year, and the weakness of the local currency against the US dollar.For its part, "IDC" pointed to economic concerns, and increased interest in hybrid computers that can switch from laptops to computers Tablets, as well as to make the upgrade to free 10 of the new Windows system has made consumers covet, not buying new computers.Shipments of personal computers continue to fall during the first quarter of 2016According to IDC's report, it has seen five major personal computing industry, which is Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple, Asus and a decline in both shipments and market share.But Gartner's report was a bit different, as much as a slight rise in shipments and share all of Apple and Asus.According to the report, Lenovo has maintained its top spot in the last quarter despite the decline in shipments by 7.2% in all regions except North America, where shipments rose by 14.6% compared to last year.Gartner said that large companies are currently working on testing and evaluating Windows 10 with a large deployment are scheduled to begin at the end of the year. IDC also expects a recovery in the market later this year, thanks to the new operating system from Microsoft.