Dive Brief:

• IDC has said it predicts PC shipments will fall 8.7% in 2015, more than its earlier estimate of a 6.2% drop.

• The company said the revised forecast is due to a number of factors, including a large inventory of notebooks, economic issues and free upgrades of Windows 10.

• IDC said it expects PC sales, led by the commercial market, will begin to grow again in 2017.

Dive Insight:

IDC said it believes consumer shipments of PCs will continue to decline through the end of 2019, while the commercial market will start growing a bit sooner, by 2017.

When the consumer market begins to recover, it will be led by mobile techs, such as mini notebooks, the research firm predicted.