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PC sales drop as tablet and smartphone sales skyrocket

Consumers are increasingly turning to inexpensive tablet PCs

Photo credit: CNET | Consumers are increasingly turning to inexpensive tablet PCs and smartphones to get online, according to a recent study by Gartner.

Personal-computer shipments dropped 10.9 percent in the second quarter, the fifth straight quarterly decline, as consumers continued to turn to smartphones and tablets for getting online, market researcher Gartner said.

Global unit shipments fell to 76 million in the period that ended in June, Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner said Wednesday in a statement. Sales declined from a year earlier in...

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