PC Sales Plummet

The sale of Wnidoze PCs really went into freefall in Q2 of 2012. As expected, Tablets sales continued to soar according to Canalys Research.

Here’s what the report said:

Combined shipments of tablets and PCs totaled 108.7 million units during the second quarter, growing by 11.7 percent compared to the second quarter last year, according to Canalys. The research firm classifies PC shipments as including both personal computers and tablets.

Tablet shipments totaled 24 million units, increasing by 75 percent compared to the second quarter last year, and forming 22 percent of all unit shipments. Tablets are biting into PCs shipments, and shipments of Windows PCs dropped to a new low of 73 percent of all devices accounted for in the survey, Canalys said.