Seems like nobody wants a computer anymore, thanks Windows 8

The bad news keeps on coming for most of the major PC makers, who were already dealing with poor holiday sales. Market research firm IDC reports that first quarter worldwide PC shipments are down 13.9 percent from the same quarter last year, the worst year-over-year decline since IDC began tracking shipments in 1994.

"Fading Mini Notebook shipments have taken a big chunk out of the low-end market while tablets and smartphones continue to divert consumer spending," said IDC's report. "PC industry efforts to offer touch capabilities and ultraslim systems have been hampered by traditional barriers of price and component supply, as well as a weak reception for Windows 8."

In short, netbooks are gone, Ultrabooks aren't selling as well as they could be, and things with touchscreens are succeeding at the expense of more "traditional" computers. IDC's report spends much more time blaming Windows 8 for the decline, going on to say that it "appears to have slowed the market" rather than supplying the sales bump that new Windows versions have provided in the past. But Windows 8 is certainly not the only culprit.

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