Tablets growing at 424% in India and eating off PC market

In India, the majority of people use PCs for email communication, net surfing, gaming and some word-processing. To do this, you don't need a desktop or a notebook computer, particularly when you have a tablet computer with processing-power supporting above said PC tasks. Tablet computers are much cheaper than even netbooks, the low-cost version of notebooks. The cheaper tablets which comes in the price-range of Rs 5000 to 8000 are loaded mostly with Android operating system . Since Android is a free software, the user don't need to bother to pay any money for the software. All these benefits of a tablet computer making ordinary Indian to buy a tablet instead of desktop computer. Manufacturers Association of Information Technology (MAIT), India's leading trade body representing electronics industry has released its latest findings on the Indian PC and tablet market. MAIT has done the market survey in collaboration with IMRB, a leading market research film in India. Below are the findings shared by MAIT: The total PC sales from April 2012 to March 2013 is estimated at 11.30 million units, a growth of 5% compared to the same period a year ago. The PC here includes desktop computers notebook/laptop's and the netbooks. The desktop computers are still the number one by volume, the sale of desktops for the period of April 2012 to March 2013 is estimated at 6.77 millions uni...