iPad More Disruptive Than Originally Thought - Eating Into PC Sales - Is Microsoft Willing to Cannibalize Windows to Prepare for the Future?
It didn’t surprise many people that Apple’s iPad cut into netbook sales this year. Now, however, according to Gartner, tablets (including the iPad) have apparently already cut into overall PC sales. 2010 PC sales are up 14.3% compared to the earlier projection of 17.9%.
Gartner Forecasts: PC Shipments Down, Tablets Up
PC sales projections for 2011 have already been reduced from 18.1% to 15.9%.
Meanwhile other analysts are apparently pulling near random numbers out of their respective hats in their tablet sales forecasts.
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