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PC sales continue to drop, with analyst Gartner reporting that Q4 2015 marked "the fifth consecutive quarter of worldwide PC shipment decline."

For the last quarter of 2015, worldwide PC shipments amounted to 75.7 million, which represents an 8.3% decline compared to the same quarter in 2014. Throughout the year, 288.7 million PCs were sold, representing an 8% drop from 2014. PC vendors, including Lenovo, Asus, Acer, Dell and HP, all saw declines in their worldwide shipment estimates. The only exception being Apple, which saw a slight uptick of 2.8% in Q4, and an overall growth of 5.8%.

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Apple sold 20.7 million Macs in 2015. Lenovo and HP, the two leading PC vendors, sold the most PCs last year with 57.1 million and 52.5 million, respectively, but still saw their overall growth drop by 3.1% and 4.4%.

The company that experienced the biggest decline for the year, however, was Acer, which dropped 15.3%; 11.2% just in Q4.

Gartner suggests that these numbers mean consumer interest has shifted away from desktops and notebooks, with other devices such as TVs and Wearables drawing their attention.

As for how PCs will do in 2016, the company predicts a smaller decline of just 1%, "with the potential for a soft recovery in late 2016." However, it also pointed out the fact that the PC market is currently going through a structural change, one that will reduce the PC install base in the next few years.