Microsoft's personal computing market share fell from 90% to 33%

The growth trend of Windows PC shipments after the launch of the ipad Phoenix technology news Beijing Time October 11, according to Science and technology blog AppleInsider reported that the past 5 years, post-PC ERA equipment quickly replaced the traditional Windows PC, leading to Microsoft in the personal computing market share from 90% Plunged to 33%. PC shipments have stalled in the past 5 years, while shipments of Apple's iphones, ipads and Android devices have grown rapidly. Global personal computing equipment shipments have grown from 92 million units in 2008 to 269 million now. 5 years ago, Windows PCs accounted for the vast majority of computing equipment shipments, with a share of about 90%. But with no effective involvement in the industry's transition to tablet computers and smartphones, Microsoft's Windows system is now less than one-third per cent. Asymco founder Hollas Ditiyu Horace Dediu, a market research firm, showed that global PC shipments were eroded and growth rates began to fall after Apple launched the ipad in 2010. Andy's data comes from the market research firm Gartner's PC and Tablet PC shipping reports. But since the launch of the ipad, Gartner and IDC are no longer counting tablets into PC shipments, but are counting 2113.html "> Microsoft Surface and other Windows branded tablets into PC shipments. The ipad and the Android tablet are classified separately as "media tablets". (Compiling/Xiao Yu)