"The Windows XP death looms large over enterprise IT shops that still use it, but the aging operating system's parting gift will be a stabilized PC market.
Recent Q4 2013 worldwide PC shipment results from research firms Gartner Inc. and IDC illustrate the continued PC market slump but also reveal another side: The PC industry is exhibiting some stability, thanks in part to Microsoft's end of support for Windows XP."
http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/news/2240213602/Windows-XP-death-expected-to-resuscitate-the-PC-industry?asrc=EM_NLN_26466220&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=NLN&utm_campaign=20140205_Windows%20XP%20death%20expected%20to%20resuscitate%20the%20PC%20industry_rlanigan&track=NL-1812&ad=891656
Recent Q4 2013 worldwide PC shipment results from research firms Gartner Inc. and IDC illustrate the continued PC market slump but also reveal another side: The PC industry is exhibiting some stability, thanks in part to Microsoft's end of support for Windows XP."
http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/news/2240213602/Windows-XP-death-expected-to-resuscitate-the-PC-industry?asrc=EM_NLN_26466220&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=NLN&utm_campaign=20140205_Windows%20XP%20death%20expected%20to%20resuscitate%20the%20PC%20industry_rlanigan&track=NL-1812&ad=891656