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PC market boosted by XP death but tablets still king

05 March 2014 •

12.6 million tablets shipped in UK in 2013, according to IDC

The death of Windows XP slightly buoyed the global PC market last year, but failed to save it from having the worst-ever year since records began, according to IDC, which pointed to booming tablet ...

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