2013 was a truly horrible year for PC sales and 2014 is shaping up to be terrible as well. The latest report from IDC projects that overall PC sales will decline by 6.1% year-over-year in 2014, which is actually an improvement from the 9.8% year-over-year decline that PC sales experienced between 2012 and 2013. IDC doesn’t see things improving for the PC market over the next four years either as it’s projecting an overall 0.2% decline in PC sales between 2014 and 2018. The PC market’s troubles are numerous: Higher quality PCs mean that consumers aren’t upgrading their machines as much as they used to, smartphones and tablets have provided lower-cost alternatives for many users who don’t need overly powerful
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