Ballmer bounce fails to materialise as PC sales drop

John Leonard
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Lack of sales boost from Windows 8 suggests that Microsoft's power is waning

PC manufacturers always look forward to a new Windows release, as it invariably boosts sales. Not this time it seems. Compared with 2011, laptop sales for the three-week period following October...

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