14 DAY TRIAL // After hearing, repeatedly, how much of a positive effect China has had on the TC industry in terms of sales, being a young, large market, I wouldn't have expected it to become a detrimental influence.
China is where Lenovo, the fastest growing PC company ever, emerged after all. Lenovo even became the top PC maker not long ago.
So you might imagine my surprise to learn that market analyst firm IDC believes China actually dragged down the PC market in the Asia Pacific Region.
In preliminary results, the Asia Pacific market fell 11% on-year and 1% on-quarter in 2Q13.
Apparently, most people bought phones and tablets, as well as other small gadgets, and waved off computers, or just put off plans to get them.
It's a standard case of younger market overload, one might say.