PC market poised for growth after more than two years of decline

Worldwide PC shipments appear to be slowly recovering after more than two years of decline. Market research firm Gartner says fourth quarter PC shipments grew by 1 percent during the popular holiday shopping season. "The PC market is quietly stabilizing after the installed base reduction driven by users diversifying their device portfolios," says Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner. "Now that tablets have mostly penetrated some key markets, consumer spending is slowly shifting back to PCs."

Overall, Gartner says 83.7 million units were shipped between October and December last year, with the US showing the highest growth in the quarter. Lenovo held the top spot once again, but HP’s impressive growth means the gap is closing....

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