PC shipment decline in 2015 sets bleak record

The PC business can't climb out of the four-year hole it's dug for itself, researcher IDC said today.
Shipments of new personal computers will drop 10% in the fourth quarter -- which is two-thirds over -- IDC announced Monday, meaning that for all of 2015, shipments will have declined by 10.3% from 2014. The firm now expects all OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to ship 276.7 million PCs this year, off the 308.2 million in 2014.
If IDC's forecast is accurate, it would represent the larges