Desktop PC Sales On The Up, Thanks To Windows XP Retirement

statistics published for the first quarter of 2014, worldwide PC shipments came in at a total of 123.7 million units, which is an increase of 5 percent compared to the same period last year. Canalys says that users and businesses across the globe that were still running Windows XP decided to purchase new computers in this time frame, in order to keep their data secure:

“Commercial shipments the world over have been lifted by the end of life of Windows XP, a trend that also influenced desktops, helping shipments to remain flat year on year. Notably, however, notebooks and desktops in China, the world’s second largest PC market, declined 13% and 6% respectively compared with the previous year.”

The notebook industry, however, dipped some 7 percent year on year. But considering the fact that the majority of Windows XP computers did not have the hardware capabilities to cope with the requirements of a modern operating system, this healthy increase in sales was only to be expected. The only questions that remains is, how long this continues.]]>