Released
"IDC" Research on Thursday a report on shipments of PCs to the world
market during the fourth quarter of the previous year 2012, showed a
decline compared to the same period in 2011.According
to the report, was shipped 89.8 million PCs worldwide during the fourth
quarter of 2012, a decline of 6.4% compared to the same period in 2011,
lower than expected, where the company predicted in an earlier report
that the reduced shipments of personal computers rose 4.4%.Although
the period between October (October) and December (December) two
industry experienced personal computers a new phase, and it initiated
the system "Windows 8", the company said its impact on the demand in the
market was not fast enough, the report pointed out that the fourth-quarter results recorded for the first time in the last five years a decline during the holiday season.The
company added that fourth-quarter results were not surprising in light
of the decline experienced in 2012 as a whole, has faced both consumers
and manufacturers and channels of distribution of personal computers
fell backward because of the growing demand for tablet computers and
smartphones. The
questions that hovered around the preference to use "Windows 8" tablet
computers or PCs equipped with touch-screen contributed to the slowdown
in business spending on the personal computing market.According
to the report by "IDC", saw the Middle East, Europe and North Africa
كسواها of global markets decline expected during the fourth quarter of
2012, despite the acceleration of sales devices operating system
"Windows 8" new beginning December (December) last year, but the users in the region were keen to buy tablet computers and smartphones, and especially during the Christmas season. The
report pointed out that purchase rates remained weak, largely due to
uncertainty about the economic situation and the problems that lie in
wait in the region, and particularly Europe.For
manufacturers of personal computers, the company said "IDC" in its
report that the company "HP" America has maintained center stage
globally, and the demand on the system "Windows 8" helped the company
gain in terms of Asian markets and the U.S., but they are still
struggling to achieve this in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, a
market that was the U.S. market, station success for the Chinese company
"Lenovo" which said it company "IDC" they took away unrealized growth
rate exceeded 8% after that shipped 14 million a. As
for the rest of the companies, occupied "Dell" American finished third,
followed by Taiwan "Acer" and finally occupied its counterpart "Asus"
fifth place and achieved exceeded the growth rate of 5.6%.
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