As the demand for tablet computers rises, the demand for PCs is going down, and this is causing the shares of some computer makers to go down in response. Recent statistics show that the demand from consumers for PCs went down for the first time in six quarters as they look to buy tablets instead.
Statistics showed a 1.1 percent drop, whereas there had been a three percent increase predicted instead. The study shows that even lower priced PCs didn’t entice buyers as much as their desire for a tablet did instead of a PC.
For example, the attention of consumers to choose tablets went up in February when Apple released its new iPad 2.
The company that performed the worst was Hewlett-Packard, which was in part impacted by less demand, as well as the catastrophic earthquakes and tsunami in Japan. Still yet, they were able to hold on to 17.6 percent of the market shares and sold nearly 15 million units.
Dell too saw a drop in their PC sales, and sold nearly 10 million units after suffering a 3.4 percent drop in sales.
The company that did the best was Lenovo, which is based in Morrisville, N.C., and had a 16.6 percent growth, which was attributed to lower prices.
Overall, PC shipments in the U.S. dropped about six percent during the last quarter due in part to the hype of tablet computer sales. The markets in Asia, Pacific and Latin America, however, saw slight increases in PC sales of around 5 percent each.
Due to the earthquake in Japan, PC shipments in that region went down 13.1% in the first-quarter, with shipments of only four million units. Analysts are still determining how that disaster as impacted the quarter sales overall.
