Why Are PC Sales Up And Tablet Sales Down?

When iPads first came out, they were hailed as the undoing of the PC. Finally, a cheap and reliable computing device for the average user instead of the complicated, quirky PC. After a few years of strong growth for iOS and Android tablets and a corresponding decrease in PC sales, the inverse is suddenly true: PC sales are up and tablet sales are “crashing.” What happened?

The tablet slowdown shouldn’t be a surprise given that tablets have hardly improved beyond relatively superficial changes in size, screen resolution, and processor speed. The initial market for tablets is now saturated: grandparents and kids have them, people bought them as Sonos controllers and such, and numerous households have them around for reading. People that want tablets have them, and there’s just no need to upgrade because they more than adequately perform their assigned tasks.

Businesses and consumers alike are again purchasing PCs, and Mac sales are on the rise year-over-year. Businesses in particular are forced to upgrade older PCs now that Windows XP is no longer supported. When purchasing a new PC, the main driver to choose a PC versus a tablet is fairly obvious: If you are creating any type of content regularly, you need a keyboard, a larger screen, and (for most businesses) Microsoft Office.

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Have you ever tried to run a spreadsheet on a touch-only tablet. #frustrating...
 

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People are awaking from a bad dream... lol...

:roflmao:

I have some small devices too, but I'll always be a desktop fanboy !

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Hi there

I remember saying this MONTHS ago that once the tablet market is saturated PC sales will continue again -- not at the same rate as before of course - the market has changed but there are things you need or can only do on a PC (or decent convertible which is in everything but name a PC anyway).

I think I (and loads of others) got ridiculed even on these forums by loads of posts hailing "The death or Demise" of the PC.

I hope these people now are ready to eat their words.

Cheers
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HW vs SW Cost Ratio

Perhaps the move to a simpler, cheaper PC replacement will finally shift the cost/benefit equation such that these web applications will finally be upgraded or replaced with SaaS solutions.
I believe that the exact opposite will occur.

As hardware becomes cheaper, the (apparent) cost of software increases.

When a PC cost a few thousand dollars, spending $500 on software didn't seem that bad.
Now a PC costs a few hundred dollars, spending $500 on software seems excessive.
 

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Perhaps the move to a simpler, cheaper PC replacement will finally shift the cost/benefit equation such that these web applications will finally be upgraded or replaced with SaaS solutions.
I believe that the exact opposite will occur.

As hardware becomes cheaper, the (apparent) cost of software increases.

When a PC cost a few thousand dollars, spending $500 on software didn't seem that bad.
Now a PC costs a few hundred dollars, spending $500 on software seems excessive.

Hi there

That's true --- if you think now that a full copy of CS6 (the non subscription version) can cost well over 600 USD - more than a decent cheap entire PC !!.

I think also as Linux DOES become more desktop friendly - and these days it's all plug and play so even a relative novice can start using the system without too much difficulty (you can almost avoid the command line entirely --rather against the whole idea of Linux but it's "do-able") people will start looking at alternative FREE Open source software.

For businesses it's a more difficult situation as the various posts on the fiasco at "The City of Munich" shows but for individuals it's certainly worth looking at again these days.

What Linux desperately needs is a DECENT compatible OFFICE SUITE with a proper e-mail client.

It's almost getting there

Here's TWO spreadsheets -- one created with KINGSOFT (now WPS) Office on Linux - the same spreadsheet is opened with EXCEL in Office 2010 -- the Linux version though is still ALPHA software - but free and so far so good.

Only power point, spreadsheet and word processor are available but that's probably enough for most people.

Cheers
jimbo
 

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As I have always said, tablets are little more than toys.
 

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As mentioned, many of us were called dinosaurs who predicted this would happen. Tablets are basically following the same market schedule as the netbook. The only difference is tablets are cross-platform, so they had a larger market to begin with. Despite the marketing hype, you just can't stop good engineering. The desktop model is extremely productive and flexible. That said, the tablet design is terrific for media consumption. They won't go anywhere, and much like the laptop, as the hardware continues to shrink and get more powerful we will likely see hybrids take off one day. But much like the laptop market, it will take a while for those costs to come down and be competitive with the current desktop/laptop hardware. The best example of this is the Microsoft Surface 3. It is a great device, but you can get comparable laptops with more power for less money. When the numbers become closer together designs like the Surface will become extremely popular.
 

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As mentioned, many of us were called dinosaurs who predicted this would happen. Tablets are basically following the same market schedule as the netbook. The only difference is tablets are cross-platform, so they had a larger market to begin with. Despite the marketing hype, you just can't stop good engineering. The desktop model is extremely productive and flexible. That said, the tablet design is terrific for media consumption. They won't go anywhere, and much like the laptop, as the hardware continues to shrink and get more powerful we will likely see hybrids take off one day. But much like the laptop market, it will take a while for those costs to come down and be competitive with the current desktop/laptop hardware. The best example of this is the Microsoft Surface 3. It is a great device, but you can get comparable laptops with more power for less money. When the numbers become closer together designs like the Surface will become extremely popular.

Hi there.

Absolutely true -- but I have to say I ABSOLUTELY love the SP3 - even though it DID cost an arm and a leg. I'm really amazed at the flexibility of this device --and it as people have said fantastic in"tablet" mode for just consumption like watching a Movie on a Plane or on the Eurostar Train service travelling between London and Paris / Brussels.

I'm sure "Convertibles" will definitely become the norm for a lot of business people -- even now they are SO convenient when giving presentations at Work --no Cables needed (Battery lasts long enough for decent presentation), and Video can be wirelessly projected to the Mega large TV in the conference room. Having both Mouse and Touch is also fantastic at these "Gigs" too.

Cheers
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As to why PC sales are up ... XP support just ended, and there are hundreds upon hundreds of institutions still using their Pentium 4 or Pentium D machines with XP. It happens only in the rarest of occasions that they keep the computers and upgrade Windows, usually they just replace their computers altogether. The news article seems to back me up on this.

But why are tablet sales down? Like you already mentioned, it's for media consumption. This particular content has been the same for years, and you can just as well view stuff on a 3 year old tablet, than a brand new one. I'd like to think most people upgrade their stuff only if necessary, that means when it breaks, or can't handle the ever evolving requirement of day-to-day use. Well, there is no such thing in the ARM segment. An .X264 fullHD 8Mbps video will stay an .X264 fullHD 8Mbps video, and so on.

Most companies are trying to continue selling their ARM products at a constant rate by upping specs, (and only giving a limited 1-2 year support for the operating system in case of android), but there is just no need for any of that, if there is no content that would require more performance (or the newer version of the operating system).


Look at x86/x64 ... the new gaming console generation is here, and suddenly my 5 year old HD4850 with 4GB of RAM is not sufficient anymore to run multi-platform games on maximum graphics. Suddenly 8GB of RAM and an HD7850 is the bare minimum for a modest gaming experience, with the added realism, that is slowly approaching the uncanny valley. THIS is progress!
 

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Hi there

Not all progress is bad -- think of Cars with ABS brakes, zillions of decent safety features and clean emissions which are in relative terms far cheaper than cars of a decade ago.

(I'll bet the "Tree Huggers" just Hate the idea of clean emission Cars -- the air coming from the exhausts of some of these modern engines is probably LESS polluted and Toxic than the air in their "Yurts"!"!!).

Same with computers - modern hardware is relatively cheap -- you can do all sorts of things with modern computers that simply would have been impractical a few years ago.

Cheers
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I don't think any progress is "bad", but if it doesn't serve to fulfill a purpose end users would benefit from, it has no use.
Your typical target group - consumers of multimedia content - do not benefit from ever stronger ARM based hardware behind that touchscreen, and they realize that, this is why they don't bother buying the new products. Once manufacturers start cramming passable x86 hardware in there at affordable prices, sales will skyrocket again.

I am an administrator at arguably one of the largest IT webshops of my country, and i base my assumptions on the feedbacks of costumers, new and old. My experiences might not be representative for other geographical regions, but the observations still make sense for most of them.
 

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    Some of the hardware might seem odd (PSU, SSD), but I'm not wasting money on replacing perfectly functional hardware only because a newer version is out. Nor am I willing to pay extortion money for replacements or intended upgrades (GPU, RAM), especially if that "upgrade" has a hardware design flaw (CPU).
For bang-for-the-buck value, warranty, computational power, user-upgradability and user-serviceability, the PC has no peer. Portable devices cannot touch it. Nor are portable devices designed to do so--if they were, they'd no longer be portable--they'd be PCs...;)

The tablet fad is winding down...4k monitors already being released at great prices are winding up. Younger people will now, hopefully, learn something of value about the difference between market fads and technologies with legs...!
 

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Hi there

Do you remember the discussion between Car Manufacturers and Windows (Bill Gates at the time)

If Cars had advanced on the same pattern as Windows - they'd have been many 1000 X the price they are now, would need a new Engine after being used for about 10 times and would Stop after about the fourth Gas (Petrol UK / Benzine / Europe) tank refill for a complete Upgrade / Overhaul !!!!!..

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Tablets are nice when on the go but desktops and high end laptops are still necessary for serious work. Plus with the drop in prices, seems like every kid out there has some kind of tablet. Only so many kids to go around. Time to start making babies!
 

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A tablet will never do what a pc can do...

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A tablet will never do what a pc can do...

Serious work >> 3DCAD, Scientific, Production, Artistic (Corel X7), Adobe (CC), media processing ...

I suppose it might. Too clumsy for me though for such things though. Gets back to what one likes I suppose. Personally besides browsing, email, watching video I don't use mine much, always back to something bigger with mouse and keyboard right there. And yea, I know there are mice and keyboards for tablets.
 

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A tablet will never do what a pc can do...

Serious work >> 3DCAD, Scientific, Production, Artistic (Corel X7), Adobe (CC), media processing ...
However, there is a fairly large target market of consumers that don't do any of that type of computing. For many people, as long as they can do social networking and watch YouTube videos, they are happy. Tablets can do everything that these consumers want to do and more.
 

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The way I look at it is, "do I need that much computing power in a portable device?". I personally don't so I have no need to buy something like a Surface Pro 3. My laptop is actually overpowered for what I do on it but I like the big 17 inch screen and the full sized built in keyboard. It's a bit heavy but it usually only goes as far as the gazebo on my back deck. I'm retired and don't travel much. I'd rather spend the money on my desktop PC that I game on. If I was to buy a tablet it would be an inexpensive one.
 

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