PC sales sag yet again, below 100M/yr

Might explain some of your visitor numbers

[tangor]

Things are bad all over the world. Gartner says US sales were off 5.8 per cent, at just over 15 million units. EMEA racked up 18.6 million machines pushed into the channel, down 15.7 per cent, while the Asia-Pacific clocked 24.2 million units moved and a 2.9 per cent dip.

There's the odd spot of sunshine in Gartner's numbers, as Lenovo and Dell can at least point to increased market share. Dell can say it had the lowest rate of retreat. HP can try to make something of the fact this is the first time it has gone backwards, in terms of shipments, in five quarters.

[theregister.co.uk...]

Some speculation that the strong US dollar has raised PC prices elsewhere, that folks are waiting for the Win 10 rollout, for pre-installed machines, and a growing segment of laptop/tablets.

Note: These numbers refer to NEW sales/deliveries of PCs, not the total installed base of PCs around the world. :)

[toidi]

The world is still feeling the effects of the recession, at least to the point where replacing a working computer can wait.

[engine]

It doesn't mean people have given up on a PC, and the desktop stats indicate it's holding ground. What's different is that people are surfing on-the-go, hence the strong growth in mobile/tablets. These are additional units, and i'm sure that many will choose not to get a new PC and see if they can survive without it.

Mobile Is Not Destroying Desktop Traffic [webmasterworld.com]