Windows 8 isn’t saving the PC market as sales continue to tank

[Wireless News]

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aLrQg40tUI8bGdyLRx6dTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/windows-8-1-computer.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/windows-8-isn-t-saving-pc-market-sales-144525911.html)If you want to understand why Windows 8 has been a failure so far, the following quote from IDC analyst Jay Chou explains it all: “The chief concern for future PC demand is a lack of reasons to replace an older system.” This is a big problem for Microsoft because the entire point of Windows 8 was to ignite demand within the PC market and make people want to replace their older systems with new touch-enabled PCs that would slow the growth of iOS and Android as rival mobile computing platforms. But as IDC’s latest research shows, that simply isn’t happening. In all, IDC projects that PC sales have shrunk by more than 10% year-over-year in 2013 despite the much-hyped



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