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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday July 06 2017, @08:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the ups-and-downs dept.

The PC market may have stabilized and could see its recent declines reverse:

The PC market is forecast to return to growth next year according to Gartner, as buyers come to the end of their evaluation periods for Windows 10.

Worldwide PC shipments are expected to hit 267 million units in 2018, a 1.9 per cent increase on 2017, when shipments are forecast to reach 262 million. By 2019, shipments are pegged to hit 272 million units.

This year's PC sales are however expected to fall yet again for the sixth consecutive year, with shipments dropping three per cent when compared with 2016.

[...] Elsewhere, smartphone shipments will also continue to grow at a healthy rate, the market watcher claims. Shipments are expected to grow 5 per cent year on year to nearly 1.6 billion units in 2017. Gartner claims that the market is experiencing a shift away from low-cost "utility" phones, towards higher-priced "basic" and "premium" smartphone devices.

PC components are becoming slightly more expensive at the same time.

Also at EE Times.


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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday July 06 2017, @09:52PM (2 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday July 06 2017, @09:52PM (#535896)

    Except in cases of specific need, I don't use Windows anymore.

    There are still a few applications where it is "required" - but since a licensed copy of Windows boosts the cost of the average PC that I buy by 15-20%, it's really not something I include without a specific need.

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Friday July 07 2017, @01:44AM (1 child)

    by frojack (1554) on Friday July 07 2017, @01:44AM (#535965) Journal

    15-20%,

    Boosts costs, and reduces performance.
    First windows takes their 20% of your bandwidth.
    Then the bloatware installed by the manufacturer takes 50% of your processing power.
    Then anti-virus takes another 20%.

    Its just astounding how much shit we put up with.

    Picked up a mid tier laptop the other week because the owner bought a new one.
    The old one didn't survive the journey from Windows 8 to Windows 10. (A journey that took 6 hours - then died). So he dutifully ran down a bought a new one, with windows 10 preloaded.

    You should see his old one (my new one now) run LXDE. Astoundingly fast.

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    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday July 07 2017, @04:13PM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday July 07 2017, @04:13PM (#536158)

      Yeah, I'm liking LXDE / XCFE more and more these days... they used to be a little on the weak side for me, but I think they're approaching a sweet spot of functionality now.

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