Microsoft's Consumer PC Growth is about to go negative for the first time ever, according to a BusinessInsider report.
Microsoft's consumer PC sales growth has pretty much never declined. Not even when Microsoft released Vista. Not even when the economy went in the toilet.
But suddenly, the growth of sales is about to go negative, says Citi analyst Walter Pritchard. Take a look at the chart below, and consider what changed in the last year.
The site suggests that the iPad release on April 3rd, 2010 has had a big impact on consumer pc sales. The chart below shows a decline in growth every quarter since then.
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Joseph Lashley II - May 28, 2011 at 12:04pm
Dec '11 should be Dec '10 on the chart.....
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te72s - May 28, 2011 at 9:04am
How does the pc sales go negative? Zero per cent means they werent able to sell. Negative means the users bring thier old pc with ms windows back to the shop and requested refund?!?!if so please let me know i have some win 7 pcs and macs. I want my money back! xD using ipad 2 while in the ELEVATOR ;-)
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sgtbanjo - May 28, 2011 at 11:19am
It's negative growth not negative sales.
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Valentina - January 7, 2013 at 12:02pm
I feel that if I signed the cotarnct, paying the extra fees to use the device, I should have absolute say over what I do with that device. IT'S MY IPHONE, JOBS!I've been tricking out my phones for years and I ain't gonna stop. From Mod My Moto to XDA Developers to being a Symbian Freak!I make my own ringtones and post for all to use and I get threating emails from the RIAA! I PAID for my CDs and any other music I have so I can do whatever the hell I want with them. Just like this iPhone I'm posting from. Maybe I'll get a 3GS but I'm keeping this badboy just to be my digital middle finger to apple. And yes, the N900 is sounding good right now.
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