Time to say good-bye to PCs ?

It seems era of Desktops and notebooks finally coming to its end. According to the latest predictions by research firm IDC the shipment for tablets is going to overtake - for the first time - desktop PCs in 2013 and notebooks in 2014.

IDC predicts the global shipments of smart connected devices had increased about 30 percent in 2012, surpassing last year's 1 billion units shipped and some $576.9 billion generated. The research firm says the growth of the smart connected devices was propelled by the tablet market, which went on to see a whopping 78 percent growth and 128 million units shipped last year.

The major observation, however, made in IDC's report is the tablets will surpass shipments of desktop PCs this year and the "portable" PCs next year.
IDC also notes shipments of desktop PCs will continue dipping, another 4.3 percent, in 2013 whereas portable PCs will see a marginal growth of 0.9 percent. The research firm highlights demand for the traditional PCs were seeing a decline even in emerging markets.

Tablets, although, are predicted to register a new high of 190 million units shipped in 2013 with year-over-year growth of more than 48 percent. IDC says smartphones will also grow another 27 percent, posting 918.5 million units shipments this year.