The future of mobile PCs
is brightest. According to an NPD report released on Monday, thanks to demand
for tablet PCs and touch-screen notebooks, shipments of mobile PCs are expected
to reach 762.7 million globally by 2017 which is up from 367.6 million last
year.
Among all these mobile
PCs, tablet shipments will see more growth as it will replace traditional
notebooks as the dominant device and touch screens will make their way to more
notebooks. Tablet shipments are forecast to hit 579.4 million by 2017, up from
256.5 million this year.
It is thought that
notebook shipments may drop to 183.3 million in 2017 from 203.3 million in 2013
-- a 10 percent decline. By contrast, shipments of touch-screen notebooks will increase
by 48 percent from this year to next year.
According to the report, among
notebooks, touch screens will be found mainly in ultraslim notebooks known as ultrabooks
which now accounts for 66 percent of all touch-enabled notebooks. But ultrabook
shipments are now expected to rise up to 80 percent by 2017.
According to NPD
DisplaySearch, the latest version of Windows, Windows 8, released for both
touch-screen devices and traditional PCs, will not play a major role to
increase the demand of touch screens. Rather, it will be different types of
lower-priced devices, including hybrids, convertibles, and sliders, to drive
the touch screen demand.
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