The ‘irrelevance of Microsoft’ illustrated in a single chart

Microsoft has long been the leader when it comes to personal computing, but the advent of mobile marked a major paradigm shift that Microsoft still hasn’t gotten a grasp on. Microsoft still dominates the PC market by a staggering margin; Windows currently powers 91.5% of all PCs currently in use, according to Net Applications’ June data. But there’s a huge problem: The PC market isn’t where the growth or profits are anymore when it comes to connected devices. In a recent post on his blog titled “The irrelevance of Microsoft,” mobile analyst Benedict Evans shared a few charts that help illustrate why Microsoft is facing such a huge conundrum right now. One troubling chart shows the average selling price of



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