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NEW YORK, April 15 (UPI) -- A surprising decline in personal computer income can be attributed to the consumers' advise to tablet-style devises, a U.S. investigate firm said.

In the prototypal lodge of 2011, PC income lapse 1.1 proportionality around the world to 84.3 meg units with a intense 6.1 proportionality modify in U.S. sales, reportable Gartner, a computer industry investigate firm.

USA Today weekday quoted Gartner shrink Mikako Kitagawa as locution "the hype" around tablets was answerable for the shift in PC sales, which forecasters had expected would rise by 3 percent.

Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard saw its PC income modify 3.4 proportionality in the lodge while Dell's PC income slipped 2.2 percent.

PC concern Acer saw its income savvy 12.2 percent, the newspaper said, cod to its certainty on netbooks.

Perhaps ironically, Apple, which is expected to ship 48 meg iPads this year, saw its PC income rise 18.9 proportionality in the prototypal quarter.

"There are a lot of uncertainties in the market," Kitagawa said.

"The paper and consumer electronics devices' gist on PCs module depend on how the paper market and smartphone continue to evolve feat forward."