This could very well be the moment that
calling the death of the PC is no longer crying wolf.
此时此刻,说个人电脑(PC)将会消亡可能不再是"狼来了"的空话。
Gartner and IDC, two firms that track PC sales, just reported some very sobering numbers for the PC market. Gartner said the worldwide PC shipments
shrank 8.3%, while IDC reports PC shipments
shrank 8.6%, in the third quarter this year when compared to the same period a year earlier.
跟踪PC销售的两家研究公司Gartner和国际数据公司(IDC)刚刚发布了PC市场的一些非常发人深省的数据。Gartner说,今年第三季度全球PC发货量同比下降8.3%,IDC的数据则为下降8.6%。
Windows 8 is still on the horizon, so this could end up being an aberration when it comes to the future of PC sales in the market. But Apple is now selling tens of millions of iPads every quarter