September 26, 2013 at 3:58 PM NPD: Back-to-school computer sales better than expected Posted by Janet I. Tu Yes, PC sales are declining. And yes, PC sales in the back-to-school period went down this year compared with last year. But, hey, the dip wasn’t as bad as expected. And partly to thank for that? Touchscreen Windows notebooks. More Comments | More in Microsoft | Topics: laptop, notebook, pc