Here is why and how the Russia PC Market contracted 8.6%, year on year, according to IDC.

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The overall state is clear, due to the constraints of a weak economy and growing interest toward tablets and smartphones, Connectikpeople.co expects to see another decline in PC shipments in 2014.

Regarding the Russia PC Market, Connectikpeople.co has captured a recent study from International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, which shows that, PC shipments on the Russian market totaled 2.7 million units in

the fourth quarter of 2013.

The market contracted 8.6%, year on year. Outperforming a projected decline of 14.1%, while shipments remained weak during the early part of the quarter, the market was boosted by demand from the business sector.

According to IDC, ‘’comparatively healthy channel inventory levels allowed PC vendors to push channel uptake of new Intel Haswell-based and Microsoft Windows 8.1-based systems. Lenovo, HP, and Dell, all of which have an significant presence in the private and public sectors, each saw modest positive sequential growth during the quarter, possibly indicating stronger performance in coming quarters and reflecting more business-sector replacements closer to the end of Windows XP support. The Russian market is already beginning to reflect some of the Windows XP to Windows 7 transition in the commercial PC space’’.

However, Connectikpeople.co also observes that, contrary to encouraging developments in the business space, PC shipments in the home sector continued to exhibit troubling signs, due partly to increasing pressure from lower-priced tablets. ‘These preliminary tracker results reflect a market that is struggling to justify ultrabook prices and the transition to touch-based devices’. Concluded the survey.