SAN FRANCISCO: Sales of desk and laptop computers declined last year, extending a slide started in 2012, according to figures released on Wednesday by two market trackers.

Preliminary figures from Gartner indicated that PC shipments last year tallied 269.7 million units in a 6.2% decline from the previous year.

Internation Data Corporation pegged the number of machines shipped last year at 260 million, calculating a 5.7% drop from the previous year.

”Stagnation in the (personal computer) market continued into the fourth quarter of 2016 as holiday sales were generally weak due to the fundamental change in PC buying behaviour,”
Gartner principal analyst Mikako Kitagawa said in a release.

”The broad PC market has been static as technology improvements have not been sufficient to drive real market growth.”

While there has been growth in sales of innovative new machines such as hybrid laptops with removable “tablet” screens,
the demand was not enough to offset a drop in sales of traditional models, Gartner found.

Another factor was that people are putting off replacing desk or laptop computers because they use them infrequently, opting instead to go online with smartphones, according to Kitagawa.

Despite market stagnation, she saw potential the PCs in business and gaming.

IDC analysts interpreted the latest figures as indicating PC growth that was beginning to stabilize as pressure on the market from smartphones and tablets eased.

”The fourth quarter results reinforce our expectations for market stabilisation, and even some recovery,” IDC vice president of personal computing tracker and forecasting Loren Loverde said.

”The contraction in traditional PC shipments experienced over the past five years finally appears to be giving way as users move to update systems.”

China-based Lenovo remained the leader in the global PC market, followed by US firms HP and Dell. All three increased their share of the market in the final quarter of last year,
according to both industry trackers. — AFP

http://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2...-year-in-a-row/

They're referring to pre-built systems, right?

Was expecting to see cheap dells, nope, still no change.

Nowadays, majority of the PC performance are quite OK that they don't need to upgrade that often. I'm still using a 4 years old PC and without any performance issue that warrant for an upgrade.

dont they learn, people dont buy branded pc, people build them.

lel they keep taking a desktop and hammer it to become a laptop and charging MyVi prices for it of course lar, who the f can afford.

even the cheap ones are using crappy atom or i3 processor

last IT fair in midvalley these buggers try to sell me stuff and says atom or i3s are fast with 4GB ram and crappy ssd hdd. i show them when opening around a few windows\programs concurrently already the pc laggy like bobbies of 2 old aunties in a nudist beach

come on where are the decent sub RM3k i7s with 16GB ram and 256ssds ?

And yet people tend to change phones every year despite the specs for flagship phones nowadays can last for 3 years

It's total PC ie desktop, notebook and workstation.

DIY market even worse.

ppl prefer custom PC lah

because Mobile Phone can be "mobile" while Desktop PC is not

My old desktop running on AMD 700Mhz slot type CPU still work just fine

zaman college gila2 upgrade.

zaman kerja meh office laptop will do.

Custom PC market lagi worse.

do people still upgrade their pc nowdays?
still using my 3 years old oc that was cos 5 k that time

worse but still moving
electronic will eventually fail and needed replacement

guess what, iphone sales fall too.

the world has become a much poorer place.

once technology has mature, the blue ocean strategy no longer works, and sales eventually fall. it's the natural order of things.



This post has been edited by happyking4ever: Jan 13 2017, 09:36 AM

this is so true.
working no time and waste effort to chase technology, more commitment.

just reduce price to push up sales again. what r they thinking

casing: still in shape, no need upgrade.

power supply: use until kaboom baru change.

motherboard: not yet kaput, no need upgrade.

cpu: no encode video, no gaming, no need upgrade.

ram: casual use 8gb enough liao, no need upgrade.

graphic card: no gaming, no watch 4k, no need upgrade.

storage: streaming nowadays, save a lot of storage space liao.

monitor: use until color lari baru change.

Well companies still buy branded and preinstalled PCs.

people bought smartphone when it loss or missing people will bought another smartphone. but pc when failed got 3,choices to select laptop/tablet/smartphone.

this is reason microsoft join smartphone market

I scavenge parts from ppl that throw their old one out to upgrade

this march 2017 Surface phone release able to handle X86 application.

But as I remember, IDC said at the beginning of last year that the high-end and gaming PC segment is growing.

Few years ago PC components already very fast for average users that it doesn't warrant for upgrade. Even business have specialised app for iOS or Android for their employees which make PC less needed.

how many years will company change their pc? is that obvious?


some company still even use window 98

i dnt know how a tablet/smartphone can replace a PC
up until today also i dnt understand
laptop thn im ok

the masterrace number slowly dwindling

That's what I mean actually. Companies buy preinstalled PCs as they have technical support in case of breakdown. But they build them too good until breakdowns hardly happen. Thus no need to buy a new one.

I know about this because my company bought like 20+ HP PCs about 6+ years ago. And since then only 2 were spoilt - due to a lightning strike. The others still running smoothly using XP.....

just connect tv lcd +wireless mouse keyboard then jadi pc la. so u save money here. unless u gaming or profesional editing

the ultimate part is still the PC
as resolution grow, as internet speed getting faster
your PC also needs to be able to handle it
its like you're stuck with dual core but wanna play 2k youtube video..it will freeze your PC

plus u need to be able to do work, run office on your smartphone

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Jan 13 2017, 09:59 AM

Company yang supply tu pun ntah ntah dah bungkus

my lenovo laptop cibai edi..but suprisingly i didnt miss it that much

still havent bought a replacement yet..dunno will replace or not..lol

still expensive

PC leceh la sekarang

True. My prehistoric pc from 2009 is still going strong with current game. Probably only need to replace that gtx760.

poi~

yes, i know its not movable but the power is still there
i still prefer my PC anytime
my tablet can only do so much

PC MASTER RACE

WHY ARENT U BUYING MOAR PEE CEES!!?!?!

1USD = RM4.5

I not sure about you ever notice it. Lot of small business or minor processes are using tablet now. (iPad or Android), rather than a laptop.

Last week just change maxis sims card. At first I tot they using laptop or some sort. End up they using iPad and they ask me to sign on the iPad.

im still using my zombie rig 6 yo. only chg psu & gpu 1 time. still can own in bf1.

why buy because can build.

Ayam too poorfag for a complete rig upgrade. Need to save money for something else.

bcoz all use mobile n an go internet

last time cannot

if u dnt use it for multiple processes, thn i think its fine
but for my job or personal life
i use the PC to run multiple processes and software, so i need a PC that can handle it
like recently my PC at company broke down, i use my colleague PC...dual core
damn, opening my excel file took quite some time
thn when i move something from a tab to another, the whole excel freeze thn crash

Unless you want to get a Mac... You can't build Mac!!

i the trend continued, the cost to own a computer will be more expensive in future.

partly need to blame those hardware manufacturer, like 6600k to 7700k no reason to upgrade.

Gaming and workstation is still growing though at a slower pace. Could be saturation as well.

AMD is mostly in embedded now. Even Nvidia's main growth is from automobile and servers these days.

A typical case is most people still needs a pc or notebook but spends most of their time on phones and replaces phones much more often than their pc/nb.

Myself for instance has gone through 6 phones and 3 tablets since i last spent any money on my nb. Thats why PC shipments are dropping.

Computer need to change 1? Still using my laptop bought 8 yrs ago and performing.

PC tech has already gone into very mature stage. Those hungry for new one most probably are gaming person. a normal pc can last for more than 4 years when some part faulty that easily can be replace like HDD, RAM, GC or PSU or even Mobo. Ppl don't get change whole PC unless part are not available in the market.

invest a SSD can last for another 3 years. Believe me.

sales fall? doesn't matter as long as pc is master race.

in b4 mobile gadget > all.

console is taking over the world

Phone is a bit different though. Mainly because the software is depending on the manufacturer. Most phone are not updated after 1 or 2 years.

This post has been edited by HMMaster: Jan 13 2017, 11:35 AM

But Ps4 sales are increasing right? But then no jack sparrow games. Pc still got sparrow.

Shuddup u all . My office pc still running on pentium 4 3.0ghz.

i yet bising with my Pentium 486 DX

what'cha doing with it ?

playing Koei Romance of 3 kingdom V

Now ppl have less money to spend dei

Using iBM 286 PC.😒

only 4.5 meh i thought 5 and above already

make sense because smartphone lifespan isn't as long as a PC or NB

Computers are matured products..a pc from 5 years ago can do most things a brand new one can. 5 years ago we have unuseable cameras on smartphones and till today still meh though getting better.

+1

Based on image forumer post #2 i think yes

Prebuilt system give too little, at pricey tag..siapa mau

Next time scavnge for parts ajak me oso..nak join sekaki haha

im a kinda guy that buy a electronic gadget that is way expensive and stick it till it die.

sometimes when it die is still within warranty period

Isn't it one of the reason because of sustainability?

It's like 5 years ago Corei7 still can pretty much perform daily tasks and some light gaming. So why need to change?

Everyone has computer

Still the depreciating usd does not help. I think can only get branded i3 (without dedicated gpu) + 24' monitor with RM2.3k or so