PC Sales Drop. The blame? Of the global crisis and Windows 8

In the first quarter of 2013 PC sales fell by 14% compared to the same period of 2012. The fault of Windows 8 that does not like and is branded as a flop.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. The criticisms leveled at him over the management of Microsoft in the past ten years are becoming more insistent.

The effects of the global crisis are felt in the personal computer market. The forecast for the next few months are bleak. This past year has seen the worst figure since IBM introduced the first desktop computer in 1981. The first quarter of 2013 was very dark with 76.3 million units sold, accounting for 14% less than in January-March quarter 2012.

Hewlett-Packard, the largest PC maker, saw sales plummet 24% compared to the same period of 2012. For months now in the hi-tech it is rumored that the agony of the PC is irreversible. A bit 'for the crisis, a little' because the vast majority of home users prefer a more practical tablet. But there is also another aspect that has contributed to a significant brake on sales. And it is Windows 8 .

With the latest version of Windows, Steve Ballmer, after having lost a decade innovating Microsoft, he thought he had pulled out of the hat so radical a revolution that would provide new air in a market that was already suffocating. Instead, things went the wrong way. Yes worse than anyone imagined they could go. Microsoft has just sold 60 million licenses of Windows 8. Too few for even the most optimistic guy. And the curious thing is that, despite the past 12 years since its launch, Windows XP still continues to hold 39.9% of the global market of operating systems and is still deeply rooted within the company.

Windows 8 does not like . Rejected by both the market and by users. Bob O'Donnell , IDC Vice President, in a recent survey said that

"The launch of Windows 8 has not only provided a positive boost to the PC market, it actually slowed the growth."

Despite some mild positive sign for Windows Phone , if the stagnant state of the PC market added the flop of Surface and comments circulated in recent days that Microsoft could become irrelevant in the next 4 years, the overall framework for the Redmond company is very very exciting and the chair on which clings Steve Ballmer is getting hotter.

Post By: Chhoy Dany