Canalys: 2013 the dull and stereotyped computer shipments will reach 182.5 million units

Analysis firm Canalys released a report that in 2013 the PC market product shipments will be close to 500 million units, including desktop computers, laptops, tablet PCs, compared growth rate of 7%, with shipments rising main factor is derived from the rapid growth of the Tablet PC. Canalys expects 2013 including desktops host, laptops, tablet PCs, including the PC market shipments will reach 493.1 million units, compared with 2012 growth of 7 percent compared to the same period, including desktop and notebook computers, shipments have appeared earlier, down, Tablet PC shipments grow by pulling the entire PC market shipments in an upward position. Canalys expects 2013 Tablet PC shipments will account for 37% of the overall PC market, with annual shipments of approximately 182.5 million units, up 59 percent growth rate over the same period.
The first quarter of 2013, the global desktop PC shipments fell 10.3 percent last year, one quarter notebook shipments fell 13.1 percent, Tablet PC shipments rose 106.1 percent, reaching 41.9 million units, Canalys that in the fourth quarter of 2013, the global Tablet PC shipments will surpass laptops.
In 2013-2017, the global PC market is expected to reach 9.7 percent average annual growth rate to 2017 global PC shipments will reach 713.8 million units, of which Tablet PC shipments accounted for more than 64%, accounting for 25 laptops %, desktop shipments accounted for more than the host will be reduced to 11%. In the tablet market, Canalys that in 2013 Android market share will rise to 45%, only here in the Apple iPad 49%.