PC
TABLETS
I decided to make that thread after reading some comments for super popularity of tablets over pc ( desktops/laptops ) ...
Many people still have the notion that tablet market is bigger than pc market! It was never like this, simply pc market was dropping, approaching the levels of tablet market but it was still considerably bigger than it.
Since the end of 2014, tablet are in continuous significant decline, what's having only growth are the detachable tablets that are laptops when you attach the keyboards ( which are perfect for tasks ) . As you can see in the charts, pc and tablets shipments have almost the whopping 100m difference in shipments for 2016.
While pc market started to stabilize* and some vendors seeing significant growth to their shipments ( *in Q4, open the link in the end of page to read ) ! Demand for gaming desktops and to a less extend gaming laptops is very strong.
Reasons for the dwindling of tablet market, might be that people are no longer upgrading easily, tablets not being anymore a hot thing for gaming , the expontentially increasing popularity of convertible laptops ( laptops with touchscreen and special hinges, that you can fold inversely and get a tablet ), and the introduction of cheap laptops.
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