Q4 Global PC Shipments Fell 10.6%, ‘in Line’ With Forecasts, IDC Says

Worldwide PC shipments declined 10.6 percent to 71.9 million units in 2015's Q4, IDC said in a report. The decline was “in line” with IDC’s “already conservative expectations,” and 2015 was the first year since 2008 that global shipments fell below 300 million units, it said. “The PC market continued to face persistent challenges from longer-PC lifecycles and competition from mobile phones and tablets, despite the slowing growth in those markets.” Though “some very attractive new PCs have been launched, the market is taking some time to respond to new OS and hardware configurations,” it said Monday. “Nevertheless, many of these products have received positive reviews and there's potential for a faster commercial transition to Windows 10 in 2016 than we saw for prior versions of Windows."