„The deaths of “Others”: how the PC market’s implosion is squeezing smaller players“

The market actually hit its biggest-ever figure in the third quarter of 2011, with 96m PCs shipped. But since the third quarter of 2012, if you exclude Apple figures, the Windows PC market has shrunk for 12 straight quarters. Now it’s 31% down on that peak, and nobody’s quite ready to call the bottom. It’s going to be under 300m this year – the smallest since 2009, in the midst of the financial crash – and that’s even with the launch of Windows 10.

Charles Arthur | „The deaths of “Others”: how the PC market’s implosion is squeezing smaller players“

Und Apple, die die 92% der Gewinne aus der Smartphone-Branche einfahren – wohlgemerkt bei nur 20% Marktanteil, bestellt fürs Winterquartal (angeblich) rund 90 Millionen iPhones. Offensichtlicher kann sich ein Zusammenhang kaum präsentieren.