updated gartner report on PC shipments

[Matthew Miller]

(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.

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Matthew Miller
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Fedora Project Leader