PC market faltered in 2015
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Apple computers were among the few PCs to buck the trend of declining sales.
A new report by the International Data Corporation (IDC) has found that the personal computer market fell by over 10 percent in the last quarter of 2015.
The report from the Framingham company said that shipments were in line with conservative estimates for the PC industry, totaling 71.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015. This cemented the poorest year for the industry, with 2015 marking the first year below 300 million units since 2008. The year-over-year decline in 2015 shipments was nevertheless the largest in history, surpassing the decline of 9.8 percent in 2013.
IDC cited longer life cycles of PCs and competition from mobile phones and tablets as the market's main challenges. Falling commodity prices, weaker international currencies and political disruptions around the globe were also large factors in the PC drop off, according to IDC.
There are bright spots for the industry, such as anticipated growth in usage of Windows 10, and projections that aging PCs will need to be replaced later this year.
In the U.S., the PC market fell by 4.3 percent for the year to 17.4 million units. HP retained 28.1 percent market share, Dell had 23.9 percent and Apple grew to take third place with a 12.7 percent share.
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