(This is in response to something Christian said at Flock in the Fedora
Workstation talk. I was trying to send it just to him, but apparently, I
fail at that. But, hey, it's actually nothing secret and generally relevant,
so, here you go.)
On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 08:24:20AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
The 305million you're quoting comes from last year's Gartner
report, where
they give that big number, but it's down 10% from the prior year and they
predicted another 10% fall for this year.
But check out this updated report from last month:
<
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2791017> Here, they break out
traditional PCs from "ultramobiles and premium", and the traditional PC is
falling but the latter category is on the rise. They follow this up with
<
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2793921>, which is were I think we find
the great new quote:
The PC market's installed based has been declining as buyers switched to
tablets and smartphones for entertainment and social media consumption.
The 2Q14 results suggest that the consumer installed base restructuring
peaked during 2013. We are seeing a slowdown in premium tablet sales,
which have already penetrated a large number of households. PCs are now
growing off a smaller installed base of newer devices, with more engaged
users.
I think it's the "smaller installed base of more engaged users" is
what's
really exciting for us.
--
Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader