Tablet Shipments Will Finally Overtake Notebooks In 2013

[wraggster]

Nowadays, it's not really a question of whether tablet shipments will surpass notebook shipments, but when. Back in July 2012, NPD forecasted 2016 as the year, but today it's saying this year will be it (http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2013/01/08/npd-predicts-2013-will-be-the-year-that-tablet-shipments-finally-overtake-notebooks/). More specifically, NPD estimated tablet shipments will reach more than 240 million units worldwide (http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/displaysearch/hs.xsl/130107_tablet_pc_market_forecast_to_surpass_notebo oks_in_2013.asp) in 2013, compared to the company's projection of 207 million notebook shipments this year. This gap is significant enough that, even if NPD's estimates are out by some margin, tablet numbers will still overtake those of notebooks."

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/01/08/2316206/tablet-shipments-will-finally-overtake-notebooks-in-2013