PCs to fall 5%; tablets to grow 39%, says IC Insights

Between 2012 and 2017, shipments of standard PCs (desktops and notebooks) are expected to decline by a CAGR of -2.7% while shipments of tablets will increase by a CAGR of 28.8%, says IC Insights.

This year standard PC shipments will fall 5% after plunging 9% in 2013 from an all-time high of 345 million in 2012, says IC Insights, with a small increase of 1% to 302 million systems now forecast for 2015.

This year tablet shipments will grow 39% to 281 million units, followed by a 16% increase in 2015 to 327 million.

Shipments of Internet/cloud-computing “thin-client” units are also forecast to grow—increasing 22% in 2014 to about 6 million units worldwide followed by a 56% increase to nearly 10 million in 2015.

Combined sales of standard PCs, tablets and Internet-centric/cloud-computing units will grow 5% in 2014 to $295 billion, says IC Insights, and between 2012 and 2017, the market will rise by a CAGR of 3.4% with worldwide revenues reaching $327 billion in 2017.

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