Struggling PC makers and Windows 8 push PC market into free fall

A ?perfect storm? of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, IDC said.

Worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter totaled 76.3 million units, down 13.9 percent compared to the same quarter last year, IDC said in research released on Wednesday. The decline was worse than 7.7 percent previously forecast by the analyst firm.

IDC reports that worldwide PC shipments had their steepest year-over-year drop ever in the first quarter of 2013. (Click to enlarge.)

PC shipments fell across all regions worldwide, and the market is headed into a further contraction than previously expected, IDC said in a statement.

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