A report from IDC shows that PC shipments fell by 10.6%, year-on-year, for the 4th quarter of 2015 – the biggest decline ever recorded.
According to a reprt by Engadget, Gartner’s figures painted a marginally better picture – a drop of 8.3%.
Apple and Asus were two brands which bucked the trend, with Q4 growth figures of 2.8% and 0.8% respectively.
HP was the single biggest loser, dropping 10.1%.
Engadget said industry analysts pegged the decline on longer PC upgrade cycles, in combination with the increase in powerful smartphones and tablets on the market.
This article originally appeared on MyBroadband and is republished with permission.
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It’s not like there were any worthy upgrades or anything, Skylake disappointed the enthusiasts with its 10% increase in performance over the previous gen. The last proper upgrade was Sandy Bridge, the market will keep declining until this changes. Nvidia Pascal is the only interesting thing coming this year, and no I don’t think AMD Zen cpus will change anything. It will disappoint just like Bulldozer did.