(2) Ben Worthen and Ian Sherr, PC Sales Go Into a Tailspin. Wall Street Journal, Oct 11, 2012
online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444657804578048981461803220.html
("Researchers IDC and Gartner Inc. IT +0.17% said PC shipments in the third quarter fell more than 8% from a year earlier, the steepest drop since at least 2001. A third report, from IHS iSuppli, projected PC shipments for the full year would decline for the first time in 11 years")
My comment: Besides the quotation above, just view the graphic of the report. Then read the entirety of the next report, (3).
(3) Juro Osawa, For Lenovo, Global PC Crown Is No Longer Enough. Digits (a brand of Wall Street Journal), Oct 11, 2012 http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012 ... s-no-longer-enough/
("the Chinese company isn’t celebrating just yet. Being No. 1 in the business of making traditional desktop and notebook PCs is no longer enough, a fact Lenovo’s top executive acknowledges. More consumers nowadays are spending their dollars on smartphones and tablet computers rather than desktop PCs and laptops. Lenovo itself is fully aware of the changing market landscape")