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IDC predicts annual PC sales climbing above 500m

...president of Clients and Displays, says: "Many consumers are holding off making PC purchases at the moment because tablet devices like Apple's iPad are... Read more

20 March, 2012

HP not dead as global PC sales grow by 3+ percent

The latest quarterly shipment figures from the leading PC industry research companies show that the "obvious" didn't... Read more

17 October, 2011

PC sales slump in the UK and Europe, says Gartner

Netbook shipments in Western Europe halved in this year's second quarter, with problems at the market-leading Acer... Read more

17 August, 2011

AMD eats away at Intel's chip shipment share

The second quarter saw AMD boost its share of the global processor market, while Intel lost ground, according to IDC, which has cut its PC chip outlook for the year Read more

3 August, 2011 by Jack Clark

Notebook sales on the up

Sales of notebooks have continued to grow as buyers increasingly move away from desktop PCs Read more

3 May, 2002 by John G.Spooner

Businesses hold off on mobile PC purchases

Economic worries are putting laptop upgrades on the backburner in Britain, according to Gartner, as mobile PC shipments overall show a rise Read more

26 May, 2010 by Richard Thurston

Gartner: Business PC sales fall by 25pc

...2009, but this did not happen due to budget cuts that delayed PC purchases. The British PC market will not recover from the impact of... Read more

6 August, 2009 by David Meyer

Microsoft boasts strong fourth quarter and year

...for continued uptake of Windows Vista, with consumer buyers outpacing corporate customers' PC purchases. Microsoft executives also indicated that the company intends to ship its... Read more

20 July, 2007 by Martin LaMonica

Seagate upbeat despite profit shortfall

...sense is that people saw the Intel and AMD cuts and pushed PC purchases into April," he said. Shipments of notebook drives were up, but... Read more

18 April, 2007 by Michael Kanellos

Two ways to bring PCs to emerging nations

...computers, while some banks in Turkey are offering zero-interest loans for PC purchases, noted Davies. In Brazil, Banco Santander Central Hispano, a large local... Read more

28 February, 2007 by Michael Kanellos

Reinvention time for Michael Dell

...and Gateway foundered. During the boom, it rode the wave of corporate PC purchases. After the bust, it established itself as the low-cost leader... Read more

1 February, 2007 by Tom Krazit

Michael Dell takes reins as Rollins resigns

Kevin Rollins has stepped down from his position as chief executive, and company founder Michael Dell is CEO once again Read more

1 February, 2007 by Michael Kanellos and Tom Krazit

Dell product group gets reboot

...So what changed? Among other things, corporations pulled back on their desktop PC purchases after a frenzy of upgrading, consumers became fed up with shoddy... Read more

13 December, 2006 by Tom Krazit

HP posts healthy fourth-quarter results

...led by notebook revenue, which was up 24 percent. Revenue from consumer PC purchases was up 19 percent, while commercial growth was just 4 percent... Read more

17 November, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Chip market heats up in July

...the start of a business upgrade cycle and seasonal back-to-school PC purchases. The consumer sector, which includes DVDs and digital cameras, also remained... Read more

3 September, 2003 by Ed Frauenheim

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