Gartner scales back Windows forecast

Microsoft and Apple will ship fewer devices in 2014-2015 than earlier estimates, while Android will ship more
By Gregg Keizer July 7, 2014
 
Computerworld - Gartner today scaled back its forecast of Windows' near future, saying that while Microsoft's operating system will power an increasing number of devices this year and next, the gains will be smaller than it projected six months ago.
 
For 2013, Windows' share of the operating systems on all devices -- smartphones, tablets, PCs, ultra-light form factors, and PC-tablet hybrids -- dropped 5.8% compared to the year before, an additional half-percentage point from the 5.3% the research company pegged in January 2014 for the year prior.
 
This year, Windows' share of the device operating system market will grow 2.3% to 333.4 million devices, the bulk of them traditional PCs and what Gartner dubs "ultramobiles, premium," or the top-tier notebooks. Windows' growth, however, will come from smaller systems -- smartphones in particular.
 
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