“Where are the deputies?’
‘On their way up to the first-aid post.’
‘What happened to them?’
'I did.”
Jack Reacher, from “Nothing to Lose”, by Lee Child, 2008
Inigo Montoya: You are wonderful!
Man in Black: Thank you; I’ve worked hard to become so.
(From “The Princess Bride”, Written and adapted for the screen by William Goldman, 1987)
THE DATA
From the 1st Quarter of 2018 to the 1st Quarter of 2023, international PC sales decreased by 8.9%, from 60.6 million units to 55.2 million units.
From the 1st Quarter of 2018 to the 1st Quarter of 2023, international PC sales decreased by a quarterly average of .5%.
In the 1st Quarter of 2018, international PC sales totaled 60.6 million units.
From the 3rd Quarter of 2022 to the 1st Quarter of 2023, international PC sales decreased by 25.7%, from 74.3 million units to 55.2 million units.
From the 3rd Quarter of 2022 through the 1st Quarter of 2023, international PC sales decreased by an annual average of 8.6%.
From the 3rd Quarter of 2022 to the 1st Quarter of 2023, the 8.6% average annual decrease in international PC sales was 1,620% greater than their .5% average annual decrease from the 1st Quarter of 2018 to the 1st Quarter of 2023.
International PC sales are decreasing hyper-exponentially, going forward in time. They are disappearing like frost on a spring morning, because the populace has recognized that technology has been weaponized against it.
In the 3rd Quarter of 2022, international PC sales decreased by 15%, Year-over-Year, to 74.3 million units
In the 4th Quarter of 2022, international PC sales decreased by 28.5%, Year-over-Year, to 65.3 million units.
It was the largest quarterly decrease in history.
In the 1st Quarter of 2023, international PC sales decreased by 30%, Year-over-Year, to 55.2 million units.
It was the largest quarterly decrease in history.
In the 2nd Quarter of 2023, international PC sales totaled 59.7 million units.
In the 2nd Quarter of 2023, international PC sales decreased by 16.6%, Year-over-Year, to 59.7 million units. Gartner described it as a “market beginning to stabilize”.
THE ARTICLES
On April 11, 2023, gartner.com said "Worldwide PC shipments totaled 55.2 million units in the first quarter of 2023, a 30% decrease from the first quarter of 2022, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. An unfavorable combination of oversupply and continued low PC demand due to economic uncertainties and a lack of purchase motivation led to the second consecutive quarter of historic year-over-year decline.
On July 11, 2023, gartner.com said “Worldwide PC shipments totaled 59.7 million units in the second quarter of 2023, a 16.6% decrease from the second quarter of 2022, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. After seven consecutive quarters of year-over-year decline, the PC market is showing initial signs of stabilization, including sequential growth from the previous quarter.”
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Jeff Miller, Allentown, PA, September 17, 2023
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