Tablets, especially lower-priced tablets, are on track to overtake PCs within the next few years, according to new projections from Gartner. PC, tablet and mobile phone shipments are forecast to reach more than 2.9 billion units in 2017, but the mix will significantly change in the intervening years to favor lower-priced tablets. There will likely come a day when most people are satisfied with using a tablet for their main computing needs, the firm said.
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Tablets May Push PCs to Edge of Oblivion
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 4, 2013 02:07 PMTablets, especially lower-priced tablets, are on track to overtake PCs within the next few years, according to new projections from Gartner. PC, tablet and mobile phone shipments are forecast to reach more than 2.9 billion units in 2017, but the mix will significantly change in the intervening years to favor lower-priced tablets. There will likely come a day when most people are satisfied with using a tablet for their main computing needs, the firm said.