Worldwide PC sales slump as tablets erode demand

Dan Worth
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Gartner latest analyst house to cast gloomy forecast on market

Sales of the PC market fell by 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, when compared to the same quarter in 2011, as the introduction of Windows 8 failed to invigorate the market, according to f...

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